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Locality Name:
Mont-Cenis, Lanslebourg, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 193765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mont-Cenis, Lanslebourg, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°14'57"N
Longitude: 6°55'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.249166666667,6.9272222222222
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: Al Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBranneriteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
CrichtoniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGypsumMalachiteMicaMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRutileSulphurTitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Crichtonite  (*)Dessauite-(Y)  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Malachite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O60248
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38027
Dessauite-(Y)  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Y,U,Mn)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3809
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)055
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


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