Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Orpierre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 56471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orpierre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Les Cougnasses Mine
Les Orys Ravine Septaria Occurrence
Orpierre Mines

Latitude: 44°19'7"N
Longitude: 5°42'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.318611111111,5.7163888888889

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.

Adelite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Covellite	Cubanite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epsomite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Ktenasite
Lillianite	Linarite	Madocite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Copiapite Covellite Cubanite Devilline Diaspore Epsomite Geocronite Gypsum Ktenasite
Lillianite Linarite Madocite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite Zinkenite

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Duftite ()*	Evenkite ()*	Fizélyite ()*	Fülöppite ()*
Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Köttigite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Plagionite ()*	Playfairite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Andorite IV ()*	Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*
Semseyite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zincite ()*	Zincrosasite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56919	254
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	56919	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	56909,56910	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	56919	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	56909,56919	3250
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	56909	53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	56909	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	56919	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	56909,56910,56913,56919	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	56919	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	56909	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	56909	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	56909	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	56919	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11	56909,56910,56912,56913,56914,56915,56916,56918,56919,56920,56921	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	56910	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	56909	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	56909,56913,56919	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	56919	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	56909,56919	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	56909	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56919	220
Evenkite ()*	None	C₂₃H₄₈	0		9
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	1	56909	54
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	1	56909	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	56909,56912,56913,56916,56918,56919,56921	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	56909	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	56909,56914,56919	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	56919	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	56921	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	56914,56919,56921	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	56914,56919,56921	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	5	56913,56914,56918,56919,56921	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	56909	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	56909	105
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	56921	60
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	56919	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	56919	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	56909,56919	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	56909,56913,56919,56921	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	56919	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	56919	1107
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	56909,56919	767
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	56909	100
Playfairite ()*	Madocite	Pb₁₆(Sb,As)₁₉S₄₄Cl	1	56909	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	56909,56913,56919,56921	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	56909,56910	61156
Andorite IV ()*	Lillianite	AgPbSb₃S₆	1	56909	7
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56919	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	56919	142
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	56909	165
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	56919	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	56909,56914,56917	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	8	56913,56914,56915,56916,56918,56919,56920,56921	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	56909,56912,56913,56918,56919,56921	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	56909	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	56909	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	56910	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	56909	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	56909	5317
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	1	56913	98
Zincrosasite ()*	Malachite	(Zn,Cu)₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56919	28
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	56909	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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