Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Grandfontaine-les-Minières, Framont - Grandfontaine Area, Schirmeck, Bruche Valley (Breuch Valley), Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France

mindat Locality ID: 144338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grandfontaine-les-Minières, Framont - Grandfontaine Area, Schirmeck, Bruche Valley (Breuch Valley), Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Grandfontaine-les-Minières Mine
La Chapelle Mine
Les Engins Mine
Mine Grise
Mine Jaune
Mine Noire (Schwarzgrube)
Mine Rouge

Latitude: 48°29'28"N
Longitude: 7°8'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.491111111111,7.1475

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Melanterite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz
Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite Columbite Copiapite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Melanterite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz
Wurtzite

53 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	53818	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	53814,53818	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	53818	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	7	53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	53818	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	53817,53818	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	53818	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	53818	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	53817,53818	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	53814	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	53817	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	53814	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	53817	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	53818	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	53814,53817,53818	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	53814,53817	3531
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	53814	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	53817	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	53818	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	53817	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	53818	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	53814,53818	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	53814	551
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	53818	107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	53814,53818	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	53814,53818	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	53814	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	53814	2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	53814	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	53814,53818	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	53814,53817	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	53814	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	53814,53818	5800
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	53818	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	53818	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	53818,53819	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	53814,53818	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	53818	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	53814,53818	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	53818	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	53814,53818	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	1	53814	156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	53818	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	53817	1101
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	53818	1476
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	53818	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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