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Locality Name:
La-Croix-aux-Mines, La-Croix-aux-Mines District, Vosges, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 1721
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1721.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La-Croix-aux-Mines, La-Croix-aux-Mines District, Vosges, Grand Est, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Paroisse Vein
St Marc Vein
Unnamed Quarry

Latitude: 48°13'11"N
Longitude: 7°3'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.219722222222,7.0522222222222

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyrite
CopperCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteFluoriteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLinariteMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteXanthoconite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1541722793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61541734135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3254172,54173733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2254172,5417361156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg254171,541725186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41541731934
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S315417262
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131541725317
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS315417289



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