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Locality Name:
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 252692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Roche Noire South-west Slope
Maljasset
Noir Lake

Latitude: 44°37'24"N
Longitude: 6°55'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.623333333333,6.9180555555556

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBixbyiteBrauniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparNonePyrosmalite
QuartzRhodoniteSerpentineSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Epidote  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)256676,566788803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15667911547
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3156679104
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)156679483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)356676,56678,5667927770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4156680951
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)256676,566788173
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4156679350
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH,Cl)1015667925
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215667861156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)156679969



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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