Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sapin Valley, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 189485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sapin Valley, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Trou Des Romains (Chapy-Courmayeur)

Latitude: 45°48'36"N
Longitude: 6°59'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.81,6.9966666666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Berthierite	Bournonite	Calcite	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Berthierite Bournonite Calcite Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	68375	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	68375	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	68375	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	68375	343
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	68375	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68375	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	68375	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	68375	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	68375	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	68375	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	68375	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	68375	12537
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	68375	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	68375	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	68375	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	68375	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	68375	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	68375	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	68375	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	68375	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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