Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 48846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bourg-St Maurice
La Léchère (Notre Dame De Briançon)
Les Belleville Valley
Ruitor Massif
Valmorel

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Brannerite	Brewsterite
Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Crichtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Sulphur	Titanite	Woodwardite

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Brannerite Brewsterite
Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Crichtonite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Hydrotalcite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite
Sulphur Titanite Woodwardite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Brewsterite-Ba ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Crichtonite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucocerinite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*
Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Senaite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Titanite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Zincowoodwardite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	52096,52102	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	52103	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	52096,52097,52101,52103,52105,52108	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	6	52094,52097,52100,52101,52103,52108	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	52101	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	52096,52098,52105	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	52096,52105	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	52101,52103,52105	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	52096	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	52101	919
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	52102	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	52096,52097,52098,52101,52103,52105	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	52103	4286
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	52096	1089
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2	52093,52098	248
Brewsterite-Ba ()*	Brewsterite	Ba(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O	1	52108	9
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	52101	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	3	52094,52097,52108	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	52096,52097,52098,52101,52102,52103,52105,52108	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	52096,52097,52101	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	52096,52101,52103,52105,52108	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	52097,52102,52108	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	52101	4165
Crichtonite ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	52103	27
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	52096,52097,52105	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	52102,52108	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	52108	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	52096,52097,52101,52102	24243
Glaucocerinite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	1	52101	20
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	52096,52101,52103,52105	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	52096,52103	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	52101	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	52101	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	52097,52103,52108	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	52108	99
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	52101	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	52101	987
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	52096	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	52097,52101,52103,52105,52108	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	52105	5674
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	52099	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	52101,52108	17380
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	52101	309
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	52096	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	52096,52097,52098,52101,52102,52103,52105,52108	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	52102,52103	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	52094,52096,52097,52098,52101,52102,52103,52105,52108,52109	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	52101	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	52097,52101,52103	5614
Senaite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	52103	28
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	52103,52105	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	52096,52101	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	52101	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	52098,52101,52102,52103,52105	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	52096	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	52096,52101,52105	2045
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	52097	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	52103,52108	4899
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	52101	95
Zincowoodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	1	52101	12

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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