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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

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 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: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBranneriteBrochantiteCarminite
ChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCovelliteCyanotrichiteFluoriteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosiderite
ScheeliteSpinelTetrahedriteTyrolite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O111363390
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24113630,113631,113633,1136355509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O0150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)22113624,113633172
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15111363545
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61113633413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411136355516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O60248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21113633178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2113631,1136355707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111363527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11136333531
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40109
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O058
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Euchroite  (*)NoneCu2(AsO4)(OH)·3H2O024
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6057
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O0198
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S40249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1113633182
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O0105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1113633428
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S40249
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O090
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411136281655



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