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Locality Name:
Freichi Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 47267
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47267.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Freichi Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Freichi
Halsen
Wyssi Flue (Wyssy Flue; Wyssy Fluh; Weisse Fluh)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparFluoriteGeocroniteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
TalcTetrahedriteTourmaline

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jordanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11148758803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22114874,1148752162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211148755509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111487511547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111114873843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3114873,114874,11487527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11148754979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111487527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23114873,114874,1148759895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2114874,114875648
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211148759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3114873,114874,11487524243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11148751689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611148751066
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S231114874105
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111487314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22114874,11487512537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11148751107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23114873,114874,11487517380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23114873,114874,1148752273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23114873,114874,11487539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23114873,114874,11487561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23114873,114874,1148755614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3114873,114874,11487521482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211148743337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311148755317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411148751655


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