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Locality Name:
Roure, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 54437
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54437.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roure, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Baume Des Rances
Berghin
La Planastre Slope
La Tinée Bridge
Les Ransès Ravine
Les Tiecs Path
Rancels 1150
Rancels 1300
Rancels Hairpin Bend

Latitude: 44°5'33"N
Longitude: 7°5'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.0925,7.0997222222222

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArgyroditeAutuniteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteFluoriteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Digenite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Idaite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O156775470
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS615677262
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21567785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)556772,56774,56777,56778,5677911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4356778,56779,567805516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61567751633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1567724979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S256779,567805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2556773,56775,56778,56779,5678027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1567753531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS456773,56778,56779,567804165
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O15677358
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S356778,56779,567801027
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2356772,56773,567779617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12156772663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15677224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1567787437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1567802812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3456772,56775,56779,5678014640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4356778,56779,56780142
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O156773198
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)256775,56778581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415677214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2456775,56778,56779,5678012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21567735674
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O156773144
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2156772158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2556772,56773,56775,56777,5677839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2856772,56773,56774,56775,56776,56777,56778,5677961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS256772,5677321482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1567761059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21567732718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O156773890
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O256775,56779652
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O156773185



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