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Locality Name:
Le Cerisier, La-Croix-sur-Roudoule, Puget-Théniers, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 225
Youngest recorded age at locality: 225

mindat Locality ID: 55447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Cerisier, La-Croix-sur-Roudoule, Puget-Théniers, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°0'16"N
Longitude: 6°52'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.004444444444,6.8819444444444

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: As C Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cu Fe H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Algodonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)225225041
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)222522505509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS422522505516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S22522505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2225225027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu22522503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS22522504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O22522502970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O22252250144
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S22522501027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42252250910
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)22522507437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3225225014640
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS42252250198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2225225012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2225225039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2225225061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)22522506417
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1322522501803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO22522501101



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00424225225L. Triassic       Cu55447Le Cerisier, La-Croix-sur-Roudoule, Puget-Théniers, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, FranceCerisierCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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