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Locality Name:
Upper Moselle Valley, Vosges, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 144383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Moselle Valley, Vosges, Grand Est, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fresse-sur-Moselle
Le Thillot
Remiremont

Latitude: 47°56'7"N
Longitude: 6°37'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.935277777778,6.63

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBranneriteBrochantite
CalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigenite
FluoriteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Eulytine  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Susannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1542031272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21542055509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354202,54203,5420511547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2154202172
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1542021966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41542035516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6154203248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6254202,542031633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)254205,5420727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1542054979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S254202,542035707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354202,54203,5420527198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)15420231
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O254202,542033531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS154202966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS354202,54203,542054165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3154203802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1542021027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2154202246
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)315420272
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2454202,54203,54205,542079617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354202,54203,5420524243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS154202131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1542027437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15420330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354203,54205,5420714640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O254203,54205593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)154202581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415420314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354202,54203,5420512537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O154202168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21542035800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs154207633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)154202492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS254202,54207767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2254202,5420339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1542051725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8254202,542039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2454202,54203,54205,5420761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21542035614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2154202317
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15420321482
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)215420599
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131542021803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13254202,542035317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3154202297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41542051655



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