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Locality Name:
Isola, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 186982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isola, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chastillon Valley
Cime De La Lombarde-Col De La Lombarde Scheelite Occurrences
Merlier Mine

Latitude: 44°11'30"N
Longitude: 7°8'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.191666666667,7.1425
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteEnargite
FeldsparMalachiteMeneghiniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1567138803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2256713,567152162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1567159052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21567155509
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11156715843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31567151089
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2156713700
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1567154979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215671527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1567154165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4156715910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4156715163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15671524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315671314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215671512537
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24156715158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1567151107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215671539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81567159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2256713,5671561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21567135614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1567144894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1567152473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15671521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131567155317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1567134899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41567151655


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