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Locality Name:
Les Arcs, Bourg-St Maurice, Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 278666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Arcs, Bourg-St Maurice, Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Peisey-Nancroix

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
CopperCorundumFeldsparGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileStibniteSulphur

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21520963419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)252096,520978803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21520972162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1520961588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21520963092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1520969052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)252096,5209711547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31520961089
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2152097700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)252096,5209727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)252096,520974979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215209627198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81520971756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2252096,520979895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS252096,5209724243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1520966890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315209614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31520975433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1520961487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215209712537
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31520961425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2252096,5209739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2252096,5209761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21520975614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1520965186
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31520963418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1520962045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F152097232


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