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Locality Name:
Vienne, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 287469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vienne, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Poype Mine
Savas-Mépin
Seyssuel

Latitude: 45°31'34"N
Longitude: 4°57'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.526111111111,4.9555555555556

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 Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CovelliteDevillineDiasporeFluoriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sauconite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1513992734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1513993250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1513999052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21513995509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15139911547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61513991633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15139927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1513994979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215139927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1513993531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1513994165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1513992970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O151399366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21513999895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21514019617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS251399,5140124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1513997437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS151399717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1513996890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1513991689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61513991066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2151399987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215139912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21513995674
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6151399170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215139939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21513993106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1513991725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215139961156
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O15139956
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O151399292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1513992473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS251399,5140121482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41513991655



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