Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
St. Gallen, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 4439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St. Gallen, Switzerland": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alvier Group
Bad Ragaz
Benken
Churfirsten
Flums
Goldingen
Murg Valley
Rapperswil
Rhine Valley
Tamina Valley (Vättis Valley)
Uznach
Waldkirch
Walenstadt
Wartau
Weisstannen Valley

Latitude: 47°9'25"N
Longitude: 9°14'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.156944444444,9.2425

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brannerite	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Fluorite	Humite	Malachite	Meta-autunite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Retzian	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alleghanyite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brannerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Feitknechtite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganosite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Retzian-(La) ()*	Retzian-(Nd) ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sussexite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*	Wiserite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brannerite Brochantite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Enargite Fluorite Humite Malachite Meta-autunite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Retzian Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	114287	77
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114287	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	114321	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	114293,114300,114304,114315	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114287	11547
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	114326	248
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	114315	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	114287,114289,114290,114291,114306,114310,114316,114317,114321	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	114315	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	114294,114315	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	114315,114326	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	114293	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	114315	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	114293	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114315	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	114304	910
Feitknechtite ()*	None	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	114287	19
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	114287,114310,114315	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114315	24243
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	114287	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	114287,114326	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114287	172
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114287	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	114293,114315	12537
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	114287	73
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	114327	388
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	114319	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	114287,114289,114321,114326	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	114287	56
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	114287,114309,114312,114316	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	114321	712
Retzian-(La) ()*	Retzian	Mn²⁺₂La(AsO₄)(OH)₄	1	114287	2
Retzian-(Nd) ()*	Retzian	Mn²⁺₂Nd(AsO₄)(OH)₄	1	114287	2
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	114287	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114287	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	114293	5186
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	114304	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	114287	456
Sussexite ()*	None	Mn²⁺BO₂(OH)	1	114287	25
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	114304	1803
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	114326	2718
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	1	114327	52
Wiserite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₁₄(B₂O₅)₄(OH)₈·(Si,Mg)(O,OH)₄Cl	1	114287	15
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	114315	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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