Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 52706
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52706.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maurienne Valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Belledonne Massif
Bessans
Bonneval-sur-Arc
Glandon Pass
Jarrier
Le Grand Chatelard
Saint Jean De Maurienne
Sollières-Sardières

Latitude: 45°17'1"N
Longitude: 6°20'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.283611111111,6.3372222222222

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Ardennite	Axinite	Baryte	Braunite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Orpiment	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Calderite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Crichtonite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Perovskite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Ardennite Axinite Baryte Braunite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Crichtonite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Orpiment Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	52080,52084	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	52072,52079,52080	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	52084	1588
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	1	52074	34
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	52076	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	52079,52084	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	52078,52079,52082	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	52075	483
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	52079,52080	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	52072,52073,52078,52079,52082,52084	27770
Calderite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	52075	17
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	52084	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	52078	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	52078,52079,52082,52084	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	52073	3531
Crichtonite ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	52072	27
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	52084	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	52073	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	52073,52084	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	52076	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	52078,52082,52084	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	52078,52079,52082	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	52084	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	52073,52075	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	52079	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	52078	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	52072	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	52073	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	52073,52078,52079,52084	12537
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	52084	511
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	52073	495
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	52075	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	52073,52078,52079,52082,52084	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	52075	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	52078	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	52072,52075,52078,52079,52080,52082,52084	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	52075	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	52072,52079,52084	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	52079	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	52075	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	52078,52079,52082,52084	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	52084	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	52084	1803
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	52075	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	52078,52082	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	52072,52073,52075	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	52073	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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