Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Puget-Théniers, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 225
Youngest recorded age at locality: 225

mindat Locality ID: 52072
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52072.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puget-Théniers, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Auvare
La-Croix-sur-Roudoule
Rigaud

Latitude: 44°0'37"N
Longitude: 6°55'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.010277777778,6.9277777777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Algodonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Luzonite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*

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: As C Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	225	225	1	56727	41
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	225	225	4	56724,56727,56728,56729	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	225	225	2	56727,56728	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	225	225	2	56727,56728	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	225	225	2	56727,56728	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	225	225	5	56724,56725,56727,56728,56729	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	225	225	3	56724,56727,56729	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	225	225	2	56727,56728	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	225	225	1	56727	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	225	225	2	56727,56728	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	225	225	1	56727	910
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	225	225	1	56727	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	56728	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	225	225	1	56727	14640
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	225	225	1	56727	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	225	225	4	56724,56727,56728,56729	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	225	225	2	56727,56728	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	225	225	4	56724,56727,56728,56729	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	225	225	1	56727	6417
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	225	225	2	56727,56728	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	225	225	2	56727,56728	1101

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00424	225	225	L. Triassic										Cu	55447	Le Cerisier, La-Croix-sur-Roudoule, Puget-Théniers, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France	Cerisier	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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