Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chitry Les Mines, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

mindat Locality ID: 260455
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260455.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chitry Les Mines, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bois Des Crots
Carrière De L'Emeraude
Chaumot

Latitude: 47°15'16"N
Longitude: 3°39'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.254444444444,3.6563888888889

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H O Pb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	52191,52192	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	52190,52191,52192	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	52192	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	52190,52191,52192	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	52191,52192	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	52191	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	52191,52192	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	52192	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	52192	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	52191	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	52192	1725
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	52190	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	52190,52192	21482
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	52192	60

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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