Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bochtenhorn (Bochtehorn), Albrunhorn - Turbhorn Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 6979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bochtenhorn (Bochtehorn), Albrunhorn - Turbhorn Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Balmen Dolomite
Balmen Gneiss

Latitude: 46°22'1"N
Longitude: 8°16'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.366944444444,8.2727777777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Tourmaline Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114841	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114841	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114840	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	114841	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114840	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114840	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114840	648
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114840	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114841	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114841	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114840	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114840,114841	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	114840	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114840	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114840,114841	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	114840,114841	5614
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	114841	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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