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Locality Name:
Robert Mine (Arsenic Mine), Salanfe, Evionnaz, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 56468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Robert Mine (Arsenic Mine), Salanfe, Evionnaz, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteEpidoteLöllingiteMalachiteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te30104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S086
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


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