Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 54158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Fraschet Ravine
Laghé Ravine
Rimplas
Roure
Saint-Roch
Saint-Sauveur (incl. Pointe De Campanier)
Sorbière
Valdeblore

Latitude: 44°5'28"N
Longitude: 7°7'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.091111111111,7.1269444444444

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	Argyrodite	Autunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Fluorite	Halotrichite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	Digenite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Idaite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Argyrodite Autunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Fluorite Halotrichite Lepidocrocite Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	56775	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	56784,56785	2734
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	56772	62
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	56778	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	56770,56772,56774,56777,56778,56779	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	56768,56770,56778,56779,56780,56789	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	56775	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	56772,56784,56785	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	56782	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	56768,56779,56780,56788,56789	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	56768,56770,56773,56775,56778,56779,56780,56781,56782,56785,56788,56789	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	56775	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	56785	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	56771	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	9	56768,56770,56773,56778,56779,56780,56785,56788,56789	4165
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	1	56773	58
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	5	56768,56778,56779,56780,56788	1027
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	56772,56773,56777	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	56772	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	56772,56784,56785	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	56770,56778,56781,56782	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	56780,56785	2812
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	56782	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	56770,56772,56775,56779,56780,56782,56789,56790	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	56785	1689
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	4	56768,56778,56779,56780	142
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	56773	198
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	4	56770,56775,56778,56782	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	56772	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	9	56768,56770,56775,56778,56779,56780,56781,56788,56789	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	56773	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	56782	915
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	56773	144
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	56785	1512
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	56772	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	56769,56770,56772,56773,56775,56777,56778,56781,56782,56785,56790	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	56785	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	56768,56769,56770,56772,56773,56774,56775,56776,56777,56778,56779,56781,56782,56784,56785,56788,56789,56790	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	56768,56771,56785	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	56785	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	56772,56773,56784,56785	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	56785	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	56776	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	56773,56788	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	56773,56788	890
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2	56775,56779	652
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	56773	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	56768	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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