Mont Chemin, Martigny, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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Mont Chemin, Martigny, Valais (Wallis), Suisse (Schweiz; Svizzera)

Old mining district (Fe, Pb, Zn, fluorite).

References

- Ladame (1926)
- Hugi (1948)
- Ansermet, S. and Meisser, N. (2000): Les minéraux des skarns du Mont Chemin (Valais). Le Cristallier Suisse, 12(3), 93-111.
- Bertram Wutzler (1982): Geologisch-lagerstättenkundliche Untersuchungen am Mont Chemin (Nordöstliches Mont-Blanc-Massiv). Ph.D. Thesis (in German), xx pp.
- Ansermet, S. (2001): Le Mont Chemin. Editions Pillet, Musée Cantonal d'Histoire Naturelle.

External Links

- http://www.sentier-des-mines.ch/
- http://www.sentier-des-mines.ch/attachments/Image/activite_miniere/fig1_situation_mines_big.gif

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite Aeschynite-(Y) Agardite-(Y) Albite Allanite-(Ce) 'Amphibole Group var: Byssolite' Anatase Andradite Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite 'Apatite' Arsenopyrite Aurichalcite Azurite Baryte Bavenite Bayldonite Beaverite-(Cu) Bertrandite Beudantite Beyerite Biotite Bismutite Boyleite Brannerite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Cannizzarite Cerussite Cesàrolite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chrysocolla Cinnabar

Claraite Clinochlore Clinozoisite Cobaltite Cookeite Coquimbite Cosalite Covellite Cyanotrichite Dickite Dietrichite Dolomite Duftite Epidote Erythrite Ferro-Actinolite Fibroferrite Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena Galenobismutite Giessenite Goethite Gold Graphite Greenockite Grossular Gunningite Gypsum Hawleyite Hematite Hemimorphite Hetaerolite Hexahydrite 'Hornblende' Hydrohetaerolite Hydrozincite

Illite Ilmenite Jarosite Kainosite-(Y) Kaolinite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Langite Laumontite Lepidocrocite Lillianite Limonite Linarite Magnesiokatophorite Magnetite Malachite Melanterite Mimetite Minium Monazite-(Ce) Muscovite Nontronite Olivenite Opal var: Opal-AN Orthoclase Orthoserpierite Paragonite Parisite-(Ce) Phlogopite Plattnerite ? Posnjakite Prehnite 'Psilomelane' Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Chalcedony Rhodochrosite

Römerite Rosasite Rozenite Rutile Sauconite Scheelite Scorodite Segnitite Senaite Siderotil Silver Smithsonite Sphalerite Stephanite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Synchysite-(Ce) Synchysite-(Y) Szomolnokite Tennantite 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' Tetrahedrite Theisite Titanite Tremolite Trona Voltaite Wilcoxite Woodruffite Wulfenite Xenotime-(Y) Zincocopiapite Zircon Zoisite

151 entries listed. 135 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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