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Locality Name:
Mont Blanc Massif (Monte Bianco Massif), Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 158827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mont Blanc Massif (Monte Bianco Massif), Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Aiguille Du Gouter
Aiguille Du Tacul
Aiguille Verte
Argentière Glacier
Catchment Basin Of Argentière
Chardonnet Pass
Col De Talèfre
Col Des Cristaux
Eboulis Des Charmoz
Géant Glacier
l'A Neuve Glacier
Les Courtes
Les Droites (north Face)
Leschaux Glacier
Pointe Kurtz
Talèfre Glacier

Latitude: 45°54'44"N
Longitude: 6°58'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.912222222222,6.9819444444444

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 As Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Fe O S W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Linarite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	51310,51311,51325	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	51325,51326	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	51310	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	51311	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	51306	919
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	51315	4286
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	51306	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	51325	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	51306,51311,51325	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	51306	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	51306	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	51310,51325	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9	51308,51309,51310,51316,51319,51320,51323,51324,51325	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	51306,51310,51325,51326	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	51306	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	51312	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	51310,51325	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	51306	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	51306	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	51325	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	51310,51325	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	51306,51307,51308,51309,51310,51311,51313,51314,51316,51319,51320,51322,51323,51325,51326,51327	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	51310,51325,51326	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	51325,51327	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	51306	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	51307,51325,51327	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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