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Locality Name:
Vizille, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 191228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vizille, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Chamrousse
La Morte
Laffrey
Monteynard
Montjean Mine
Pierre Plate Mine
Pierre Rousse Mine
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage

Latitude: 45°3'8"N
Longitude: 5°48'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.052222222222,5.8063888888889

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: As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBranneriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumDiasporeGarnetGypsumLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteVivianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31514041534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2351413,51414,514163092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O151411445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)251413,514163250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21514135509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15141611547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11151413843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3451408,51413,51414,514161089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6151411248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61514131633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)251404,5141327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1514134979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215141327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41514043902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4151404951
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21514169895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS351408,51412,5141324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1514137437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15141130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1514136890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315141314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1514131689
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2151413987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215141312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1514131107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2551406,51408,51413,51414,5141639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2451408,51413,51414,5141661156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2151413454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21514135614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)351413,51414,514166417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)251408,514132473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS351408,51413,5141421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131514135317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21514042562



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