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


mindat Locality ID: 24138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 171
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 118

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Albertville
Beaufortain
Chambéry
Col Du Bonhomme
Grand-Arc Massif
Hauteluce
La Lauzière Massif
Lanslebourg
Le Mont Bonhomme
Maurienne Valley
Pralognan-la-Vanoise
Roc Tourné
Saint Jean De Maurienne
Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves
Tarentaise Valley
Tignes
Val D'Isère
Val Thorens
Vallée De La Maurienne
Vanoise

Latitude: 45°25'4"N
Longitude: 6°30'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.417777777778,6.5161111111111
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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Sr Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAllargentumAllophaneAlumAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArdenniteArsenopyrite
AxiniteBaryteBerylBournoniteBranneriteBrauniteBrewsteriteBrochantiteBrookiteCalcite
CarpholiteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCrichtonite
CubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteFritzscheiteGadoliniteGarnetGermaniteGypsum
HeulanditeHydrotalciteKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMonaziteNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentPalygorskitePerovskitePhenakitePyritePyrophyllite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilbiteSulphur
TalcTetrahedriteThortveititeTitaniteTourmalineValleriiteVesuvianiteVolborthiteWoodwarditeWurtzite
Zircon

134 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Alunogen  (*)
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Ardennite-(As)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bazzite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Braunite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Brewsterite-Ba  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calderite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coffinite  (*)Colusite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crichtonite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Curienite  (*)Dessauite-(Y)  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)
Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Nováčekite-I  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jurbanite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnesiocarpholite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Richetite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Sellaite  (*)Senaite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Thortveitite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Wroewolfeite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zincowoodwardite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2352037,52096,521023419
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6252010,52103141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2151999,52006,52009,52012,52023,52029,52042,52047,52054,52067,52080,52084,52086,52096,52097,52101,52103,52105,52108,52111,521168803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)452008,52028,52042,52046706
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O151996272
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23551993,52006,52008,52009,52011,52012,52017,52019,52022,52023,52025,52026,52027,52029,52031,52032,52035,52042,52043,52046,52047,52053,52054,52059,52061,52067,52072,52079,52080,52094,52097,52100,52101,52103,521082162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)252021,521012734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)851996,52006,52084,52096,52098,52105,52111,521141588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2352036,52096,521053092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)552013,52067,52101,52103,521053250
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)615207434
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS552019,52028,52034,52036,520969052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6152101919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2252076,52102260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2752028,52034,52035,52079,52084,52091,521115509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1052040,52078,52079,52082,52096,52097,52098,52101,52103,5210511547
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O352008,52009,5201951
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O15203692
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2752006,52019,52023,52025,52026,52029,52047606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18652015,52019,52023,52029,52065,521034286
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11152046843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3252041,520961089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6652028,52036,52044,52067,52093,52098248
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)152075483
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb252040,52041175
Brewsterite-Ba  (*)BrewsteriteBa(Al2Si6)O16·5H2O1521089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6252019,521011633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21152011,52019,52023,52032,52053,52067,52079,52080,52094,52097,52108700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2751996,51998,52009,52013,52019,52028,52036,52042,52046,52048,52067,52072,52073,52078,52079,52082,52084,52088,52096,52097,52098,52101,52102,52103,52105,52108,5211627770
Calderite  (*)GarnetMn2+3Fe3+2(SiO4)315207517
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)352084,52111,521141252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)652021,52036,52078,52096,52097,521014979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21851990,52027,52028,52034,52036,52043,52061,52067,52078,52079,52082,52084,52091,52096,52101,52103,52105,5210827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8152009577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2152117376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1520733531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8552006,52067,52097,52102,521081756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O352020,52028,52036566
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16152111110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS252036,521014165
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38752022,52026,52038,52047,52067,52072,5210327
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3152041802
Curienite  (*)FritzscheitePb(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O15211815
Dessauite-(Y)  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Y,U,Mn)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)381520679
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)152117481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4152084651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61520734135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21351999,52028,52036,52067,52073,52084,52086,52088,52096,52097,52105,52111,521149895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)152046648
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)152041180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2151991,52006,52010,52014,52015,52019,52026,52028,52032,52036,52042,52046,52052,52055,52058,52059,52060,52067,52076,52102,521088173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F252029,520672740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2852045,52048,52078,52082,52084,52108,52111,521149617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1852010,52021,52024,52027,52034,52036,52041,52042,52053,52054,52061,52078,52079,52082,52096,52097,52101,5210224243
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)15210120
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2152085286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)352036,52067,521187437
Gold  (*)CopperAu452018,52029,52031,5205630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1520362812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O951996,52010,52067,52084,52096,52101,52103,52105,521116890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31852006,52023,52025,52026,52029,52032,52034,52036,52059,52062,52065,52067,52073,52075,52096,52103,52117,5211814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O252079,521011689
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O252055,52058246
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)15206755
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O15211855
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6252078,521011066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31052008,52009,52010,52019,52026,52029,52072,52097,52103,521085433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14152054784
Jurbanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1519967
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O15210899
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O252020,52036198
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS415211182
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41520081507
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O152101593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2252019,52101987
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)152034451
Magnesiocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteMgAl2Si2O6(OH)415211723
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1520961487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4352028,52050,5207314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21752019,52028,52032,52034,52035,52061,52067,52073,52078,52079,52084,52091,52097,52101,52103,52105,5210812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21521055674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24752002,52006,52019,52027,52029,52037,52053158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1520191107
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)352029,52067,52099945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2852028,52036,52057,52065,52067,52101,52108,5211717380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3152084511
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O151998306
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2152117247
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3152073495
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)452019,52023,52032,52047326
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)152075260
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O251990,52101309
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31520961425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22652009,52010,52019,52025,52028,52029,52030,52034,52036,52042,52056,52073,52078,52079,52082,52084,52091,52096,52097,52098,52101,52102,52103,52105,52108,5211139462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3152075244
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2152117771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8852008,52023,52028,52034,52036,52078,52102,521039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25651990,51993,51998,52005,52006,52009,52010,52013,52014,52015,52019,52023,52024,52025,52026,52027,52028,52029,52031,52033,52036,52042,52046,52047,52053,52054,52055,52057,52058,52059,52061,52064,52067,52072,52075,52078,52079,52080,52082,52084,52088,52091,52094,52096,52097,52098,52101,52102,52103,52105,52108,52109,52111,52112,52116,5211761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1520751711
Richetite  (*)None(Fe3+,Mg)xPb2+8.6(UO2)36O36(OH)24·41H2O1520517
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2152101454
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2152118253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22251993,52006,52019,52023,52025,52026,52029,52031,52032,52054,52057,52061,52064,52065,52067,52072,52079,52084,52097,52101,52103,521115614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)352027,52032,520332705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O152058390
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF215211446
Senaite  (*)CrichtonitePb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3815210328
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)851993,52013,52023,52054,52067,52079,52103,521056417
Silver  (*)CopperAg252096,521015186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1521012473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31520751214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1252021,52034,52036,52078,52079,52082,52084,52098,52101,52102,52103,5210521482
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O152026189
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3252027,520963418
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O252008,52058268
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS951996,52032,52067,52084,52096,52101,52105,52111,521142045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F252023,52097232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2252026,520413337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131520841803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)152075240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13252078,520825317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)352020,52028,520671006
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O715200954
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2152006,52007,52010,52016,52019,52023,52028,52029,52046,52047,52053,52054,52055,52059,52065,52067,52072,52073,52075,52103,521084899
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O15199681
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2452020,52028,52036,521182718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O152028890
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]152041237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101520731395
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O152111155
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O15210195
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)351993,52019,52067939
Zincowoodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)15210112
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)452018,52019,52028,520555251


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