Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

Minerals by Properties Minerals by Chemistry Advanced Locality Search Random Mineral Random Locality Search by minID Localities Near Me Search Articles Search Glossary More Search Options

The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item

Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations Mineral Shows & Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz Time Machine

Photo Search Photo Galleries Search by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Photography

Saint-Jean, Anniviers, Sierre District, Canton du Valais, Switzerland

Alternative Names:	Saint-Jean
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
Region:	Anniviers, Sierre District, Canton du Valais, Switzerland
Latitude:	46° 11' 48" N
Longitude:	7° 35' 11" E
Lat/Long (dec):	46.19687,7.58662
Köppen climate type:	ET : Tundra
Population:	226 (2012)
Mindat Feature ID:	2658869
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2658869:6
GUID:	0

Search for other features

Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Mission, Ayer, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 11' 25" N	7° 35' 33" E	0.9km (0.5 miles)
Vissoie, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 12' 54" N	7° 35' 7" E	2.0km (1.3 miles)
Grimentz, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 10' 48" N	7° 34' 27" E	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Ayer, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 10' 46" N	7° 36' 10" E	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Les Moulins Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 12' 53" N	7° 36' 12" E	2.4km (1.5 miles)
Gosan Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 13' 0" N	7° 35' 59" E	2.4km (1.5 miles)
Lower Collioux Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 13' 0" N	7° 35' 59" E	2.4km (1.5 miles)
Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 13' 13" N	7° 35' 47" E	2.7km (1.7 miles)
Zirouc Mine (Tsirouc Mine), Ayer, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 10' 13" N	7° 35' 40" E	3.0km (1.9 miles)
Tsampétros, Vissoie, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 13' 30" N	7° 35' 3" E	3.1km (2.0 miles)
Baicolliou Mine, Grimentz, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 10' 5" N	7° 34' 39" E	3.3km (2.0 miles)
Forêt du Rochet, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 13' 42" N	7° 35' 51" E	3.6km (2.2 miles)
Le Biolec Mine, Ayer, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 9' 42" N	7° 36' 9" E	4.1km (2.5 miles)
Upper Collioux Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 14' 7" N	7° 35' 25" E	4.3km (2.7 miles)
Grand-Praz Mine, Ayer, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 9' 53" N	7° 37' 5" E	4.3km (2.7 miles)
Upper Tignausa vein, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 13' 59" N	7° 36' 56" E	4.6km (2.9 miles)
Garboula Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 14' 15" N	7° 38' 9" E	5.9km (3.7 miles)
Vernecs-sur-Pralong, Zinal, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 8' 51" N	7° 37' 19" E	6.1km (3.8 miles)
Chandolin, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 15' 6" N	7° 35' 48" E	6.2km (3.8 miles)
Chandolin Alp, Chandolin, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 15' 17" N	7° 36' 21" E	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Bella Tola, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 14' 21" N	7° 39' 14" E	7.0km (4.3 miles)
Kaltenberg Mine, Blüomatttälli, Turtmann Valley, Turtmann-Unterems, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland	46° 11' 25" N	7° 40' 50" E	7.3km (4.5 miles)
Zinal, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 8' 12" N	7° 37' 35" E	7.4km (4.6 miles)
Waschsee Mine, Leuk, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland	46° 15' 33" N	7° 37' 13" E	7.4km (4.6 miles)
Mont Noble, Mont-Noble, Hérens, Valais, Switzerland	46° 12' 26" N	7° 29' 25" E	7.5km (4.7 miles)
Laulosses, Zinal, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 7' 40" N	7° 36' 1" E	7.8km (4.8 miles)
Wängertälli, Turtmann Valley, Turtmann-Unterems, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland	46° 9' 26" N	7° 40' 49" E	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Niouc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 16' 14" N	7° 33' 5" E	8.6km (5.4 miles)
Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Turtmann-Unterems, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland	46° 9' 53" N	7° 42' 15" E	9.7km (6.0 miles)
La Lé Mine, Zinal, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	46° 6' 40" N	7° 37' 38" E	10.0km (6.2 miles)

Global view of the mine site

Garboula Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland

The Waschsee Mine

Waschsee Mine, Leuk, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland

Pipjitälli

Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Turtmann-Unterems, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland

Global view of the mine site

Garboula Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland

The Waschsee Mine

Waschsee Mine, Leuk, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland

Pipjitälli

Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Turtmann-Unterems, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland

Global view of the mine site

Garboula Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland

The Waschsee Mine

Waschsee Mine, Leuk, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland

Minerals recorded nearby (within 10.0 km)

ⓘ Acanthite

ⓘ Actinolite

ⓘ Adamite

ⓘ var: Copper-bearing Adamite

ⓘ Bariopharmacosiderite

ⓘ Calcioandyrobertsite

ⓘ Calcite

ⓘ var: Cobalt-bearing Calcite

ⓘ var: Selenium-bearing Galena

ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ Magnesio-hornblende

ⓘ Microcline
var: Hyalophane

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'

ⓘ Tennantite-(Zn)

ⓘ Tephroite

ⓘ Tetrahedrite-(Fe)

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'var: Bismuth-bearing Tetrahedrite'

ⓘ Turtmannite (TL)

ⓘ Tyrolite

ⓘ Ullmannite

ⓘ 'UM2006-20-VO:AsHMnSi'

ⓘ 'UM2006-21-VO:AsHMnSi'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Mg-analogue of Smolianinovite)'

ⓘ Wallkilldellite-(Fe)

ⓘ 'Zincowoodwardite-1T'

ⓘ Zincrosasite

ⓘ Zircon

Rock types recorded nearby (within 10.0 km)

ⓘ 'Rhizolite'

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Eurasian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Alps, Eurasian Plate	Accretionary Complex
Europe	Continent
The Alps, Europe	Mountain Range
Switzerland	Country
Valais, Switzerland	Canton
Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	District
Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland	Municipality

Contains data courtesy of geonames.org - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Switzerland, Valais	223.23.0.0.0.0
Switzerland, Valais, Sierre, Saint Jean	223.23.142.2136.0.0

Quick NavTop Mineral List Rock Types Mindat Regions GADM

Mindat.org® is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Mindat® and mindat.org® are registered trademarks of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2026, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau.
To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833–844. doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: February 24, 2026 01:33:03

Go to top of page