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Locality Name:
Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


mindat Locality ID: 23848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bougnon
Chagey
Château-Lambert
Écromagny
Faucogney-et-la-Mer
Melisey
Mont-le-Vernois
Neurey-en-Vaux
Plancher-les-Mines
Ronchamp
Saint-Bresson
Saint-Germain
Saulnot
Vellechevreux-et-Courbenans
Vesoul
Wasserfall

Latitude: 47°42'3"N
Longitude: 6°24'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.700833333333,6.4097222222222

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
BixbyiteBranneriteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumLöllingiteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTitanite
VesuvianiteZippeite

97 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Alunogen  (*)
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calcurmolite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Langite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tschermakite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zálesíite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S252151,521622793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2252147,521483419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)752144,52145,52147,52148,52150,52151,521678803
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)15217069
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O152164272
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21521512162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1521652734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1521621588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2352156,52157,521583092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)552144,52145,52147,52148,521501036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1521623250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs252151,52162379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS252151,521629052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61521432060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2252151,521625509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)952142,52146,52156,52157,52158,52159,52162,52164,5216511547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O352156,52157,52158178
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3152156104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4352151,52159,521625516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6152151248
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)352156,52157,52158483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61521511633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)752151,52156,52157,52158,52159,52162,5216527770
Calcurmolite  (*)None(Ca1-xNax)2(UO2)3(MoO4)2(OH)6-x·nH2O15215110
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)352159,52162,521654979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1521515707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2552150,52151,52159,52162,5216427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O352151,52159,521623531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS152151966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1521513846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS252159,521624165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6152142310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16352156,52157,52158599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1521512970
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O15215158
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6552144,52145,52147,52148,521504135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2652152,52156,52157,52158,52161,521649895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1521678173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O152151345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2652142,52146,52156,52159,52162,521659617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS552151,52159,52162,52164,5216524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)352142,52155,521627437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15215130554
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)352156,52157,5215872
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O352161,52162,521686890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2252144,52145209
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4352156,52157,52158350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3852142,52146,52151,52156,52157,52158,52162,5216514640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te152151804
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61521591066
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4152151142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31521505433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61521512228
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2252157,52158234
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O152151593
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2152151762
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)215215080
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2552144,52145,52147,52148,52150238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4652144,52145,52147,52148,52150,5215614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2452151,52156,52159,5216212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)352156,52157,52158770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21521595674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1521651107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21521515800
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]152151249
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2452144,52145,52147,521482273
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]152159716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3152162733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3252159,521621425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2852142,52146,52150,52151,52159,52162,52164,5216539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2352156,52157,521583106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl452146,52159,52162,521651725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81521429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21052142,52146,52151,52152,52156,52157,52158,52159,52162,5216561156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2352156,52157,5215888
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O352156,52157,52158177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)352156,52157,521581711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10352156,52157,52158312
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2152151317
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl152164105
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)252151,521624894
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O152164128
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)252142,521626417
Silver  (*)CopperAg252151,521625186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS352159,52162,5216421482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS152151332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13352151,52159,521621803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13252159,521625317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1521514899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O352156,52157,52158433
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)215215073
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2252151,521642718
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl152165605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101521511395
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41521651655
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O15215684
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4152164175



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