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Locality Name:
Les Clochettes Mine, Villar-d'Arêne, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 54586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Clochettes Mine, Villar-d'Arêne, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°1'48"N
Longitude: 6°25'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.03,6.4183333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Bi C Co Cu Fe H In Mo Ni O Pb S Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Co Cu Fe H In Mo Ni O Pb S Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCovelliteDomeykiteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMelonite
MeneghiniteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinelStannite
Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Anatase  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Hessite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Koutekite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Melonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Roquesite  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS056
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As073
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS0131
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS40142
Koutekite  (*)NoneCu5As2018
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8092
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS2046
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297


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