Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Les Cougnasses Mine, Orpierre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 18956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Cougnasses Mine, Orpierre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°19'30"N
Longitude: 5°44'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.325,5.7333333333333

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Geocronite
Lillianite	Madocite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Zinkenite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fizélyite ()*	Fülöppite ()*
Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Plagionite ()*	Playfairite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Andorite IV ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Geocronite
Lillianite Madocite Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Zinkenite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	54
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	105
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	100
Playfairite ()*	Madocite	Pb₁₆(Sb,As)₁₉S₄₄Cl	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Andorite IV ()*	Lillianite	AgPbSb₃S₆	7
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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