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Locality Name:
Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 245137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Joubert Works
Le Roux Mine
Poet Castel

Latitude: 44°48'58"N
Longitude: 6°6'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.816111111111,6.1058333333333

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 As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteFluoriteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasiteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1569542734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4156954246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1569549052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21569545509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15695411547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31569541089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15695527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1569544979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2356953,56954,5695527198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS156954966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1569544165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1569541027
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21569549617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS256953,5695424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1569547437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315695414640
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2156954987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415695414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215695412537
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]156954249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3156954733
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2256953,5695461156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21156954165
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15695421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13256953,569545317



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