Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mittal-Hohtenn Road Tunnel, Mittal, Lonza Valley, Lötschen Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 31871
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31871.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mittal-Hohtenn Road Tunnel, Mittal, Lonza Valley, Lötschen Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°19'13"N
Longitude: 7°45'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.320277777778,7.755

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kobellite	Lillianite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bazzite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*
Heyrovskýite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Xilingolite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sc Si Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sc Si Ti W Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kobellite Lillianite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	51
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	41
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	66
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	128
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Xilingolite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₃Bi₂S₆	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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