Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saint-Pons Area, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 1671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Pons Area, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Valette Ravine
Pinatelle Ravine
Riou Bourdoux Ravine
Saint Pons Ravine

Latitude: 44°24'20"N
Longitude: 6°37'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.405555555556,6.6275

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chlorite	Clay
Dadsonite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Zinkenite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Dadsonite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Li O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chlorite Clay
Dadsonite Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Zinkenite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	56683,56684,56685	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	56682,56683,56684,56685	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	56683	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	56683	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	4	56682,56683,56684,56685	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	3	56682,56683,56685	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	56683	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	56683,56684	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	56683	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	56682,56683,56685	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	56683	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	2	56682,56685	162
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	56684	181
Dadsonite ()*	Dadsonite	Pb₂₃Sb₂₅S₆₀Cl	2	56682,56685	15
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	56683	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	56682,56685	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	56683	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	56682,56683,56685	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56683	12537
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	0		100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	56684	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	56682,56683,56684	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	56683	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	56682,56683,56684,56685	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	56683,56684	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	56683	446
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	56683	5317
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	3	56682,56683,56685	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060246	Saint-Pons Area, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France	https://rruff.info/R060246

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