Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bancaïroun, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 225
Youngest recorded age at locality: 225

mindat Locality ID: 52062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bancaïroun, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Germanite	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Briartite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Renierite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As C Ca Cu Fe Ge H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe Ge H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Germanite Gypsum Lepidocrocite
Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	225	225	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	225	225	5516
Briartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeGeS₄	225	225	12
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	225	225	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	225	225	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	225	225	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	225	225	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	225	225	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	225	225	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	225	225	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	225	225	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	225	225	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	225	225	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	225	225	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	225	225	581
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	225	225	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	225	225	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	225	225	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	225	225	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	225	225	61156
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	225	225	37
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	225	225	1803

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00421	225	225	L. Triassic										Cu	52062	Bancaïroun, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France	Bancairon	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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