Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baicolliou Mine, Grimentz, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 49542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baicolliou Mine, Grimentz, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°10'6"N
Longitude: 7°34'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.168333333333,7.5777777777778

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bonattite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Devilline ()*	Emplectite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*
Jôkokuite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mawsonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Wroewolfeite ()*

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 Co Cr Cu Fe H Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Covellite Devilline Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	21
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	154
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	43
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	144
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	366
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	246
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	105
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	142
Jôkokuite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·5H₂O	7
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	92
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	105
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	233
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	245
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	95

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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