Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mürtschenalp, Murg Valley, Glarus, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 5829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mürtschenalp, Murg Valley, Glarus, Switzerland": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bärenboden
Chalttal Area
Chline Walenchengel
Chüe Valley
Erzbett
Grosser Walenchengel
Hochmättli
In Den Hörnern
Main Deposit
Silberplangge
Silberspitz
Tschermannen
Tschermannercharren

Latitude: 47°3'15"N
Longitude: 9°10'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.054166666667,9.1758333333333

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brannerite	Brochantite	Carminite
Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Fluorite	Malachite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite
Scheelite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite

Adamite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bayldonite ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cornubite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprosklodowskite ()*
Cyanotrichite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Duftite ()*	Euchroite ()*	Hidalgoite ()*
Kasolite ()*	Langite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tyrolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brannerite Brochantite Carminite
Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Covellite Cyanotrichite Fluorite Malachite Mixite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite
Scheelite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tyrolite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		254
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	113633	90
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	113630,113631,113633,113635	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	0		150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	2	113624,113633	172
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	1	113635	45
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	113633	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	113635	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	0		248
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	113633	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	113631,113635	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	0		194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	113635	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	113633	3531
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		109
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	0		58
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	0		179
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	0		300
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	0		220
Euchroite ()*	None	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)·3H₂O	0		24
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	0		57
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	0		198
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	0		593
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	0		249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	113633	182
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	0		1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		492
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	0		105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	113633	428
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	0		309
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	0		249
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	0		90
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	0		332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	0		245
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	0		890
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	113628	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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