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Locality Name:
Saint Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg-d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 39
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36

mindat Locality ID: 10166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg-d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Clot D'Outre (Le Clot D'Outre)
La Combe De La Selle
Plan-du-Lac

Latitude: 44°58'38"N
Longitude: 6°10'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.977222222222,6.175
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: Al B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteAxiniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumCrichtoniteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumMalachiteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTitaniteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Crichtonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)239361513753419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3936251375,513768803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO239361513762162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)39361513763250
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)239360260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2393615137588
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO23936151376700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3936251375,5137627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)39361513764979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23936251375,5137627198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83936251375,513761756
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38393615137627
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)239361513769895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3936251375,513768173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)23936151375129
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3936251375,5137624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O39361513766890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3393615137614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O39361513761689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O339361513765433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2393615137612537
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3936151376945
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3936251375,513762349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)3936151376326
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)239361513751898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23936251375,5137639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl39361513761725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83936251375,513769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23936251375,5137661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO239361513765614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)39361513764894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393615137621482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O39361513764899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO439361513761655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)3936151376939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)39361513765251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
CRG336_1255-001393639-36?-?age of hydrothermal mineralization   Yes  11294La Gardette Mine, Le Bourg-d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceLa GardetteFeybesse et al. (2004)10.1016/j.crte.2004.06.009CRG336_1255The age for this deposit was derived from the age of mineralization the nearby Bourg-d’Oisans area ~ 5km south of Allemont (Allemond). Specifically the age of hydrothermal mineralization at La Gardette. There is no scientific liturature on the Les Chalanches Mine in Allemont, or on mineralization in the Allemont. So, the age of the deposit at La Gardette ~ 5km south of Allemont will be used. 39-36 Ma. The mercury at Allemont is associated with silver.

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