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Locality Name:
Les Roches Valley Area (Bois De La Vèche Area), Faymont, Val-d'Ajol, Vosges, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 54655
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54655.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Roches Valley Area (Bois De La Vèche Area), Faymont, Val-d'Ajol, Vosges, Grand Est, France": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Hamanxard Vein
Les Mousses Vein
Vein No. 1
Vein No. 2
Vein No. 3 (Le Bas Hérival)
Vein No. 4
Vein No. 5
Vein No. 6

Latitude: 47°56'3"N
Longitude: 6°31'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.934166666667,6.5283333333333

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cl O Pb S V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAtelestiteAutuniteBaryteBismutiteBournonite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayConnelliteCopperCorundumCovellite
DigeniteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteTetrahedriteTyrolite

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Auriacusite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O15421543
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1542122734
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)15421547
Auriacusite  (*)AndalusiteFe3+Cu2+(AsO4)O1542156
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21542155509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O154215150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)454214,54215,54217,5421811547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)215421596
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)154215716
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31542141089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61542151633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15421527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1542124979
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O154215194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2254214,5421527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1542153531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3154215127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)154215363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O154215295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1542153846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4154215109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4154215175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1542154165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1542152970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1542151027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2154215246
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)315421572
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2454212,54214,54215,542169617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15421224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15421530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3254213,5421514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41542155591
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F15421546
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O154215593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2254214,5421512537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O154215182
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O154215168
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1542151508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215421517380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)154215492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O154215105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O154215428
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O154215309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215421439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1542121725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2554212,54213,54214,54215,5421661156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1542151153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1542156417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1542155186
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O15421590
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131542151803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13254214,542155317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O154215245
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3154215297
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O15421584
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O154215185



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