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Locality Name:
Gorb, Lercheltini Area (Lärcheltini), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 3208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gorb, Lercheltini Area (Lärcheltini), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°21'49"N
Longitude: 8°13'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.363611111111,8.2277777777778
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: Al As Au B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteBournoniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMalachiteMicaMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbecasite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Cafarsite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervandonite-(Ce)  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Epidote  (*)Fetiasite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graeserite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yukonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Asbecasite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa3TiAs6Be2Si2O2008
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Cafarsite  (*)None(Ca,Na,   )19Ti8Fe3+4Fe2+4(AsO3)28F07
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cervandonite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ce,Nd,La)(Fe3+,Ti,Fe2+,Al)3O2(Si2O7)1-x+y(AsO3)1+x-y(OH)3x-3y03
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)046
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fetiasite  (*)None(Fe2+,Fe3+,Ti4+)3O2As3+2O503
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Graeserite  (*)NoneFe3+4Ti3As3+O13(OH)03
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20313
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O029


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100014Gorb, Lercheltini Area (Lärcheltini), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R100014

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