Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Valdeblore, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 288913
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288913.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valdeblore, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Col Ferrière
La Bolline
Saint-Dalmas

Latitude: 44°4'44"N
Longitude: 7°11'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.078888888889,7.1847222222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Digenite Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	56789	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	56788,56789	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	56788,56789	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	56788,56789	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	56788	1027
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	56789,56790	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	56788,56789	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	56790	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	56788,56789,56790	61156
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	56788	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	56788	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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