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Locality Name:
La Léchère (Notre Dame De Briançon), Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 48330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Léchère (Notre Dame De Briançon), Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Doucy
Le Penay
Ottone Vein
Pierre Château

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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ce O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmphiboleAragoniteAxiniteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumHydrotalcite
LinariteMalachiteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSulphurTitaniteWoodwardite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crichtonite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Senaite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Titanite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Zincowoodwardite  (*)
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)21521023419
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6152103141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)252101,521038803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2352100,52101,521032162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1521012734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)252101,521033250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6152101919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2152102260
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)252101,5210311547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181521034286
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61521011633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)352101,52102,5210327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1521014979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2252101,5210327198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81521021756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1521014165
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3815210327
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1521028173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS252101,5210224243
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)15210120
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O252101,521036890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315210314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1521011689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61521011066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31521035433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O152101593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2152101987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2252101,5210312537
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215210117380
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O152101309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2352101,52102,5210339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8252102,521039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2352101,52102,5210361156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2152101454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2252101,521035614
Senaite  (*)CrichtonitePb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3815210328
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1521036417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1521015186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1521012473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS352101,52102,5210321482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1521012045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1521034899
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O15210195
Zincowoodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)15210112



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