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:
Oberaar Power Station, Grimsel Area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 188944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188944.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oberaar Power Station, Grimsel Area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Oberaar-Grimsel Water Tunnel
Pressure Duct (incl. Access Galleries)
Wasserschloss

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Milarite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sc Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Milarite Molybdenite None Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bazzite ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*
Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	113475,113476,113477	3092
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	113476	304
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	1	113477	51
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	113476	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	113475,113476	24243
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	0		156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	113476,113477	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	113475,113476	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	113475	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	113475,113476	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113476	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	113476	232

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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