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Locality Name:
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 3213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°38'39"N
Longitude: 8°42'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.644166666667,8.7091666666667
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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Sr Te Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sr Te Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDigenite
FluoriteGadoliniteMalachiteMeneghiniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltRutile
TetrahedriteTourmalineZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anilite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bergslagite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geerite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Spionkopite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4088
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bergslagite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(AsO4)(OH)09
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS042
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S5038
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


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