Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bourg-St Maurice, Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 57427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bourg-St Maurice, Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Aiguille Des Glaciers
Les Arcs
Pont Saint-Antoine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brannerite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brannerite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	52096	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	52096,52097	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	52094,52097	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	52096,52098	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	52096	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	52096	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	52096,52097,52098	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	52096	1089
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	52098	248
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	52094,52097	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	52096,52097,52098	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	52096,52097	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	52096	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	52097	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	52096,52097	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	52096,52097	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	52096	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	52096	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	52097	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	52096	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	52097	12537
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	52096	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	52096,52097,52098	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	52094,52096,52097,52098	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	52097	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	52096	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	52098	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	52096	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	52096	2045
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	52097	232

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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