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Locality Name:
Lanslebourg, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 287153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanslebourg, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mont-Cenis

Latitude: 45°14'57"N
Longitude: 6°55'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.249166666667,6.9272222222222

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 Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBranneriteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
CrichtoniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGypsumMalachiteMicaMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRutileSulphurTitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Crichtonite  (*)Dessauite-(Y)  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Malachite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1520678803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21520672162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1520673250
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6152067248
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2152067700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15206727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215206727198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81520671756
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3815206727
Dessauite-(Y)  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Y,U,Mn)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)381520679
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21520679895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1520678173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1520672740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1520677437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1520676890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315206714640
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)15206755
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215206712537
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)152067945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215206717380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215206761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21520675614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1520676417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1520672045
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1520671006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1520674899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)152067939



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