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Locality Name:
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 241

mindat Locality ID: 3207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°21'54"N
Longitude: 8°13'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.365,8.2208333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti Tl U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti Tl U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenolampriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryte
BerylBournoniteBranneriteBukoviteCalciteChabournéiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCoronaditeCorrensiteCovelliteCubaniteCylindriteDervilliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidote
EpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGeocroniteGypsumHexahydriteKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupNowackiiteOrpimentPicromeritePolybasite
PyriteQuadratiteQuartzRocksaltRouthieriteRutileSartoriteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStruviteSulphurTetrahedriteTochiliniteTourmalineVivianiteWeissbergite
WurtziteXanthoconiteZircon

160 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aktashite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Argentobaumhauerite  (*)Argentodufrénoysite  (*)Argentoliveingite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baileychlore  (*)Baryte  (*)
Baumhauerite  (*)Baumhauerite II  (*)Bernardite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bianchite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Canfieldite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabournéite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Coulsonite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dalnegroite  (*)Debattistiite  (*)
Dekatriasartorite  (*)Dervillite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Eckerite  (*)Edenharterite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Enneasartorite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erniggliite  (*)Fangite  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)
Ferrostalderite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Gabrielite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gratonite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Greigite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hatchite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hendekasartorite  (*)Heptasartorite  (*)
Hexahydrite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hutchinsonite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Imhofite  (*)Incomsartorite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jentschite  (*)Jordanite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lengenbachite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Liveingite  (*)Lorándite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Marrite  (*)Marumoite  (*)Metanováčekite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mohrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nolanite  (*)
Nowackiite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Paragonite  (*)Parapierrotite  (*)Pararealgar  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Philrothite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Picotpaulite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quadratite  (*)Quartz  (*)Raberite  (*)Raguinite  (*)Ralphcannonite  (*)
Rathite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rectorite  (*)Richardsollyite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Routhierite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sartorite  (*)Schultenite  (*)
Seligmannite  (*)Sicherite  (*)Silver  (*)Sinnerite  (*)Smithite  (*)
Smythite  (*)Spaltiite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stalderite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Struvite-(K)  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thalcusite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Trechmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Wallisite  (*)Weissbergite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S24524102793
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S12245241022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)24524108803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO224524102162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24524102734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24524103250
Argentobaumhauerite  (*)SartoriteAg1.5Pb22As33.5S7224524102
Argentodufrénoysite  (*)SartoriteAg3Pb26As35S8024524101
Argentoliveingite  (*)SartoriteAgxPb40-2xAs48+xS112 (3 < x < 4)24524101
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs2452410379
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs245241019
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O32452410231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24524109052
Baileychlore  (*)Chlorite Clay(Zn,Fe2+,Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8245241016
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245241011547
Baumhauerite  (*)SartoritePb12As16S36245241015
Baumhauerite II  (*)SartoritePb3As4S924524101
Bernardite  (*)NoneTlAs5S824524102
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1824524104286
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O245241040
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424524105516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112452410843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS324524101089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O62452410248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245241027770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6245241091
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24524104979
Chabournéite  (*)ChabournéiteAgzTl8-x-zPb4+2xSb40-x-yAsyS68 (with 0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.40, 16.15 ≤ y ≤ 19.11, 0.04 ≤ z ≤ 0.11)24524104
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245241027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS24524102600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)824524101756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)24524101025
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2452410566
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe2452410169
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162452410227
Coulsonite  (*)SpinelFe2+V3+2O4245241016
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24524104165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24524102970
Dalnegroite  (*)ChabournéiteTl4Pb2(As,Sb)20S3424524102
Debattistiite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg9Hg0.5As6S12Te224524101
Dekatriasartorite  (*)SartoriteTlPb58As97S20424524101
Dervillite  (*)DervilliteAg2AsS224524104
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S82452410126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42452410651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224524109895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2452410648
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5245241034
Eckerite  (*)XanthoconiteAg2CuAsS324524101
Edenharterite  (*)NoneTlPbAs3S624524101
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42452410910
Enneasartorite  (*)SartoriteTl6Pb32As70S14024524101
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O2452410484
Erniggliite  (*)NoneTl2SnAs2S624524101
Fangite  (*)NoneTl3AsS424524103
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O245241021
Ferrostalderite  (*)RouthieriteCuFe2TlAs2S624524101
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F24524102740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224524109617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122452410663
Gabrielite  (*)NoneTl2AgCu2As3S724524101
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245241024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24524107437
Gold  (*)CopperAu245241030554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62452410121
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62452410173
Graphite  (*)NoneC24524102812
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S15245241024
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2452410717
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4245241062
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24524106890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl24524101398
Hatchite  (*)NoneAgTlPbAs2S524524101
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24524101689
Hendekasartorite  (*)SartoriteTl2Pb48As82S17224524101
Heptasartorite  (*)SartoriteTl7Pb22As55S10824524101
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O2452410251
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452410103
Hutchinsonite  (*)NoneTlPbAs5S924524108
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22452410201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624524101066
Imhofite  (*)NoneTl5.8As15.4S2624524102
Incomsartorite  (*)SartoriteTl6Pb144As246S51624524101
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624524102228
Jentschite  (*)NoneTlPbAs2SbS624524101
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S232452410105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)424524105591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4245241082
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452410265
Lengenbachite  (*)CylindriteAg4Cu2Pb18As12S3924524104
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2452410581
Liveingite  (*)SartoritePb20As24S5624524104
Lorándite  (*)NoneTlAsS2245241015
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)24524101487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4245241014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245241012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224524105674
Marrite  (*)NoneAgPbAsS324524108
Marumoite  (*)NonePb32As40S9224524102
Metanováčekite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O245241026
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24524101107
Mohrite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Fe2+(SO4)2·6H2O245241018
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS224524105800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O24524101508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245241017380
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)2245241019
Nowackiite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Zn3As4S1224524105
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32452410511
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22452410247
Parapierrotite  (*)NoneTlSb5S8245241010
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S4245241057
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]2452410249
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O2452410105
Philrothite  (*)SartoriteTlAs3S524524101
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)224524102273
Picotpaulite  (*)CubaniteTlFe2S324524103
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2452410716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32452410733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS324524101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245241039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S824524109056
Quadratite  (*)QuadratiteAgCdAsS324524101
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245241061156
Raberite  (*)Not in a structural groupTl5Ag4As6SbS1524524101
Raguinite  (*)NoneTlFeS224524104
Ralphcannonite  (*)RouthieriteAgZn2TlAs2S624524101
Rathite  (*)SartoriteAg2Pb12-xTlx/2As18+x/2S4024524103
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2452410712
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O245241049
Richardsollyite  (*)Not in a structural groupTlPbAsS324524101
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22452410454
Routhierite  (*)RouthieriteTlCuHg2As2S624524108
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O2452410293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO224524105614
Sartorite  (*)SartoritePbAs2S4245241011
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)245241030
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3245241064
Sicherite  (*)NoneTlAg2(As,Sb)3S624524101
Silver  (*)CopperAg24524105186
Sinnerite  (*)NoneCu6As4S924524106
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS2245241011
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)245241077
Spaltiite  (*)NoneTl2Cu2As2S524524101
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245241021482
Stalderite  (*)RouthieriteTlCu(Zn,Fe,Hg)2As2S624524101
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O245241079
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42452410586
Struvite-(K)  (*)StruviteKMg(PO4)·6H2O24524102
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS24524102045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl2452410275
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324524101803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1324524105317
Thalcusite  (*)Bukovite(Cu,Fe)4Tl2S4245241013
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]245241056
Trechmannite  (*)NoneAgAsS224524107
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO224524102718
Wallisite  (*)NoneCuPbTlAs2S524524101
Weissbergite  (*)WeissbergiteTlSbS224524104
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424524101655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS2452410372
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3245241089


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00030245241 Pb-Pb     Cinnabar, StalderiteHg3207Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland Hofmann and Knill (1996); Schroll (2005)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070579Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R070579
R100058Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R100058
R070723Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R070723
R070001Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R070001
R070691Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R070691
R130104Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R130104
R130062Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R130062

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