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Muscovite from
Mattmark reservoir, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Reservoir
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mattmark reservoir, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1013203
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1013203:4
GUID (UUID V4):35983921-902d-4c22-9090-bfaf7093b6d4
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘParagonite occurrence, Täsch Valley, Täsch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘAlpe Pedriola, Macugnaga, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘZerlauenen, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘCani Mine, Vanzone con San Carlo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘBordierhütte, Gasenried, St. Niklaus, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘBrunegg pass, Turtmann Valley, Turtmann-Unterems, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘI Mondei (Ca' Mondei), Montescheno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
22.1km (13.8 miles) ⓘBrunegg glacier, Turtmann Valley, Turtmann-Unterems, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘRocca di Verra, Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘPianasca Quarry, Villadossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Keller L.M., Schmid S.M. (2001): On the kinematics of shearing near the top of the Monte Rosa nappe and the nature of the Furgg zone in Val Loranco (Antrona valley, N. Italy): tectonometamorphic and paleogeographical consequences. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 81, 347-367.
Liati A., Gebauer D., Froitzheim N. (2001): U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology of an amphibolitized eclogite and an orthogneiss from the Furg zone (Western Alps) and implications for its geodynamic evolution. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 81, 379-393.
Reference Search (possible matching items)
(2008) On the role and importance of orogen-parallel and -perpendicular extension, transcurrent shearing, and backthrusting in the Monte Rosa nappe and the Southern Steep Belt of the Alps (Penninic zone, Switzerland and Italy) Special Publication, 298. Geological Society of London. 251-280 doi:10.1144/sp298.13
Report (chapter)
Southern Steep Belt of the Alps (Penninic zone, Switzerland and Italy) JAN PLEUGER1, THORSTEN J. NAGEL1,...pressure peak: (1) top-to-the-NW thrust shearing (Mattmark phase, after 40 Ma); (2) orogen-parallel, top-to-the-SW...multidirectional sequence of shearing movements during the Mattmark, Malfatta and Mischabel phases, and was folded...Penninic) ocean, the Briançonnais microcontinent, the Valais (North Penninic) ocean, and the European margin...basement and partly from the basin fill of the Valais ocean. Lithological contacts were complexly folded
 
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