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Locality Name:
Saphoz, Esmoulières, Faucogney-et-la-Mer, Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


mindat Locality ID: 256740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saphoz, Esmoulières, Faucogney-et-la-Mer, Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Corveraine Workings
Le Couvent Workings
Les Rans Workings (Forêt Des Mottes)

Latitude: 47°51'18"N
Longitude: 6°35'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.855,6.5866666666667
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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBixbyiteBrauniteCalciteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteMixite
NoneQuartzRamsdelliteRutileSpinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Groutite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2352156,52157,521583092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)352156,52157,5215811547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O352156,52157,52158178
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3152156104
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)352156,52157,52158483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)352156,52157,5215827770
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16352156,52157,52158599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2352156,52157,521589895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21521569617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)352156,52157,5215872
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4352156,52157,52158350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3352156,52157,5215814640
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2252157,52158234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415215614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215215612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)352156,52157,52158770
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2352156,52157,521583106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2352156,52157,5215861156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2352156,52157,5215888
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O352156,52157,52158177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)352156,52157,521581711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10352156,52157,52158312
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O352156,52157,52158433
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O15215684


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