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Locality Name:
Saint-Pons Area, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 1671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Pons Area, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Valette Ravine
Pinatelle Ravine
Riou Bourdoux Ravine
Saint Pons Ravine

Latitude: 44°24'20"N
Longitude: 6°37'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.405555555556,6.6275

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Li O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClay
DadsoniteDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteZinkenite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cookeite  (*)Dadsonite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2356683,56684,566853092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)456682,56683,56684,566853250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1566839052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15668311547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11456682,56683,56684,56685843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3356682,56683,566851089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61566831633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)256683,5668427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1566831252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)356682,56683,566854979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215668327198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2256682,56685162
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8156684181
Dadsonite  (*)DadsonitePb23Sb25S60Cl256682,5668515
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15668324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)256682,566857437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1566836890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4356682,56683,566855591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215668312537
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S170100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215668439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2356682,56683,5668461156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21156683165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)456682,56683,56684,566856417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS256683,5668421482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)156683446
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131566835317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42356682,56683,56685228



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060246Saint-Pons Area, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, Francehttps://rruff.info/R060246


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