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Locality Name:
Sylvester Mine, Urbeis, Villé Valley, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 1746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1746.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sylvester Mine, Urbeis, Villé Valley, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDiaspore
FluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePerovskitePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteVivianite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Whewellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S40249
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O066



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