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Locality Name:
Baltschieder Valley, Visp, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 6981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baltschieder Valley, Visp, Valais, Switzerland": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alpjuhorn (Alpjahorn)
Blyschgraben (Blauer Graben)
Grubhorn (Grüebhorn)
Lowigraben
Mäderboden
Raaft Alp
Rämi - Erl Alp Area
Rote Bach
Schiltfurgga
Steinbruchgraben (Stägen)

Latitude: 46°23'35"N
Longitude: 7°54'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.393055555556,7.9088888888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Phenakite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be Fe H O P Si Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Fluorite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	115267,115270,115272,115273	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	115273	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	115273	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	0		606
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	115273	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	115265,115272,115273	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	115273	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	115273	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	115272,115273	9895
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	115264	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	115264	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	115263,115272,115273	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	115264,115272,115273	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	115264	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	115266	99
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	115273	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	115264	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	115267,115270	945
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	115270	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	115268,115272,115273	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	115264	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	115273	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	115263,115265,115269,115272,115273	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	115264,115270	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	115264	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	115273	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	115263	232
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	115273	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115264	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	115273	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	115273	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	0		939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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