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Locality Name:
Brossainc, Serrières, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 231049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brossainc, Serrières, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Grandes Terres
Le Châtaignier

Latitude: 45°19'14"N
Longitude: 4°40'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.320555555556,4.6797222222222

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21504873092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15048711547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2250486,5048727198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21504879617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS250486,5048724243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2250486,5048712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215048739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2250486,5048761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS250486,5048721482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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