Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Les Valettes Mine (Le Golet; Grange; Moret), Les Ardillats, Beaujeu, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 20571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Valettes Mine (Le Golet; Grange; Moret), Les Ardillats, Beaujeu, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°10'25"N
Longitude: 4°33'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.173611111111,4.55

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Autunite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Autunite Chalcopyrite Covellite Fluorite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	172
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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