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Locality Name:
Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 22869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22869.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alagnon
Alby-sur-Chéran
Arve River Gold Alluvials
Chamonix
Les Houches
Servoz
Termignon
Vallorcine

Latitude: 45°55'3"N
Longitude: 6°39'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.9175,6.6613888888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kobellite	Linarite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Beryl ()*	Billietite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Deerite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Friedrichite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metanováčekite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nuffieldite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*

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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kobellite Linarite Malachite Meneghinite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Titanite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	51310,51311,51325	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	51325,51326	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	51310	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	51311	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	51305	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	51306	919
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	51315	4286
Billietite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	51334	38
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	51306	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	51325	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	51306,51311,51325,51331,51335	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	51306	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	51306,51329,51335	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	51302	3902
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	1	51332	27
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	51310,51325	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	11	51304,51308,51309,51310,51316,51319,51320,51323,51324,51325,51335	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	1	51329	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	51306,51310,51325,51326,51335	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	51306	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	51303	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	51312	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	51304,51310,51325,51335	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	51302	5433
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	51306	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	51306	12537
Metanováčekite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	51334	26
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	51325	17380
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	1	51329	32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	51310,51325,51334,51335	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	51306,51307,51308,51309,51310,51311,51313,51314,51316,51319,51320,51322,51323,51325,51326,51327,51329,51335	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	51310,51325,51326	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	51305	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	51325,51327	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	51306,51335	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	51329	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	51307,51325,51327	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	51334	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	51334	890
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	1	51334	52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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