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Locality Name:
Villapourçon, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


mindat Locality ID: 252680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villapourçon, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Châtillon Forest

Latitude: 46°53'59"N
Longitude: 3°56'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.899722222222,3.94

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 Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRaspiteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1522382793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1522372734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21522353092
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O152238194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS252238,522399052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)552235,52236,52237,52238,5223911547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2152235606
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6352236,52238,52239413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15223527770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2252238,52239178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)252237,522394979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215223727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS252236,522384165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21522359895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2352235,52238,522399617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS352237,52238,5223924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1522387437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3252238,5223914640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6452236,52237,52238,522392228
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2152235234
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)152239581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215223712537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl252236,522371107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215223517380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O252238,52239428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2452235,52236,52237,5223839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl252236,522371725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215223561156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)252238,5223926
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1522384894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O252238,522391153
Silver  (*)CopperAg1522385186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS252238,5223921482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)252238,52239156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS352236,52238,522392045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131522395317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4252236,522371655



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