Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Les Epelées Gallery, La Lauzière Massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 52811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Epelées Gallery, La Lauzière Massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kasolite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Fluorite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	92
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	198
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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