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Locality Name:
Orpierre Mines, Orpierre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 245138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orpierre Mines, Orpierre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bagnols Ravine Quarry
Bellericq Vein
Ferme Roche Vein
Grand Puy Vein
La Lauze Vein
Le Doigt Vein
Le Suillet Vein
Les Turcs Vein
Paturle Vein
Quatre Heures Vein

Latitude: 44°19'7"N
Longitude: 5°41'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.318611111111,5.6952777777778

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.

Adelite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite
Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Adamite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*	Duftite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Köttigite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Zincite ()*	Zincrosasite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite
Covellite Devilline Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Marcasite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56919	254
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	56919	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	56919	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	56919	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	56919	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	56913,56919	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	56919	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	56919	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	56912,56913,56914,56915,56916,56918,56919,56920,56921	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	56913,56919	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	56919	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	56919	4165
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56919	220
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	56912,56913,56916,56918,56919,56921	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	56914,56919	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	56919	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	56921	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	56914,56919,56921	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	56914,56919,56921	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	5	56913,56914,56918,56919,56921	1066
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	56921	60
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	56919	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	56919	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56919	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	56913,56919,56921	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	56919	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	56919	1107
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	56919	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	56913,56919,56921	39462
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56919	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	56919	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	56919	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	56914,56917	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	8	56913,56914,56915,56916,56918,56919,56920,56921	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	56912,56913,56918,56919,56921	21482
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	1	56913	98
Zincrosasite ()*	Malachite	(Zn,Cu)₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56919	28

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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