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Locality Name:
Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 43246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Blüomatttälli
Brunegg Glacier
Brunegg Pass
Illgraben
Pipjitälli
Wängertälli
Zer Tänt

Latitude: 46°10'12"N
Longitude: 7°42'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.17,7.7083333333333
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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Co O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllactiteAluniteAmphiboleAndyrobertsiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenolite
ArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltite
CopperCoronaditeCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsum
HematoliteHumiteKaoliniteKobelliteLöllingiteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMixiteMonazite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePharmacosideritePolybasitePyritePyrophyllitePyrosmalite
RamsdelliteRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteSulphur
TalcTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteVivianiteWagneriteZircon

118 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Algodonite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argandite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Cookeite  (*)Copper  (*)Crednerite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Eclarite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Flinkite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Friedelite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galaxite  (*)Gladite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kobellite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Manganohörnesite  (*)Manganosite  (*)
Margarite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nsutite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Pennantite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrobelonite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Reppiaite  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Ribbeite  (*)Rösslerite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Saponite  (*)Sarkinite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Takanelite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Turtmannite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Wallkilldellite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zálesíite  (*)Zincostaurolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11152452793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31115245315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11152458803
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)111525241
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211152473092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2115245,115251445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11152453250
Argandite  (*)AllactiteMn7(VO4)2(OH)82115250,1152522
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O32115245,115251231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3115245,115251,1152539052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22115247,1152505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3115245,115249,11525211547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O1115252178
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31115251214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3115245,115251,1152531966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32115251,1152531935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1115255716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42115245,1152525516
Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)AndyrobertsiteKCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2H2O11152454
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2115247,11525227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24115245,115247,115252,11525327198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21115247376
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2211525257
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811152471756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3115245,115251,115252966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1115249566
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81115247181
Copper  (*)CopperCu11152523846
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO2111525235
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11152522970
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1115247481
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211152529895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1115249220
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S282115245,11525318
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11152458173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2115245,115251814
Flinkite  (*)AllactiteMn2+2Mn3+(AsO4)(OH)411152526
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6111524773
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3115245,115247,1152522740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211152479617
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)10111525240
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41115247445
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O4111525243
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9111524567
Gold  (*)CopperAu111525530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11152456890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41115252350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111524514640
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S22111524528
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161115252243
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O2115245,115251103
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311152455433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O41115252172
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611152452228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411152475591
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35111525387
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21115252234
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411152471507
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O1115245149
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22115245,115251762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42115245,11525214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23115247,115250,11525212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1115252770
Manganohörnesite  (*)VivianiteMn2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O11152519
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO111525273
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)21115247168
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1115247945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22115246,11524717380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2115245,115251633
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x1115252121
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2115245,115251767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21115247247
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O1115251124
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1115249144
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1115245249
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8111525225
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1115251428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23115247,115252,11525339462
Pyrobelonite  (*)DescloizitePbMn2+VO4(OH)111525221
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211152523106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31115252244
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21115247771
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs21115245233
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2111525288
Reppiaite  (*)NoneMn2+5(VO4)2(OH)411152522
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O111525155
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11152521711
Ribbeite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2111525213
Rösslerite  (*)NoneMg(AsO3OH)·7H2O111524516
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211152475614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21115245317
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1115247301
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)111525230
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11152511153
Silver  (*)CopperAg11152455186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32115245,115251531
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21115255337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32115251,1152521214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3115245,115247,11525121482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)052
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2115245,1152512045
Takanelite  (*)None(Mn2+,Ca)2x(Mn4+)1-xO2·0.7H2O111525218
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211152523337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134115245,115249,115251,1152521803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1115252240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135115245,115249,115251,115252,1152535317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11152524899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1115252433
Turtmannite  (*)HematoliteMn25O5(VO4)3(SiO4)3(OH)2011152521
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1115249293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22115245,1152492718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1115249890
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2111524646
Wallkilldellite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+3(AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O111525220
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1115247939
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O111524984
Zincostaurolite  (*)StauroliteZn2Al9Si4O23(OH)11152476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11152475251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130044Pipji Glacier, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R130044

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