Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
L'Argentolle, Saint-Prix, Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

mindat Locality ID: 125596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "L'Argentolle, Saint-Prix, Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bois Du Sureau
L'Argentolle Mine
Rocher Du Boeuf Quarry

Latitude: 46°56'29"N
Longitude: 4°2'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.941388888889,4.0463888888889

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Macphersonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scotlandite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Susannite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mn Ni O P S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Fluorite Gypsum Linarite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite Wurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	52302,52304	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	52302,52304	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	52303	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	52302,52304	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	52302,52303,52304	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	52302,52304	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	52302,52303,52304	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	2	52303,52304	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	52302,52303,52304	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	52302,52304	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	52302,52303,52304,52305	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	52302,52304	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	52302,52304	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	52302,52303,52304	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	52302,52303,52304	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	52302,52303,52304	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	52302,52304,52305	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	0		717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	52302,52303,52304	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	52302,52303,52304	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		1066
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	52303	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	52303,52304	987
Macphersonite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	52303	11
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	52305	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	52302,52304	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	52302,52304	1107
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	52305	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	52302,52303,52304	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	52305	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	52302,52303,52304,52305	61156
Scotlandite ()*	None	Pb(S⁴⁺O₃)	1	52303	25
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	52302,52304	21482
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	52303	99
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		636
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	52302,52303,52304	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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