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Locality Name:
Grandfontaine-les-Minières Mine, Grandfontaine-les-Minières, Framont - Grandfontaine Area, Schirmeck, Bruche Valley (Breuch Valley), Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 64830
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64830.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grandfontaine-les-Minières Mine, Grandfontaine-les-Minières, Framont - Grandfontaine Area, Schirmeck, Bruche Valley (Breuch Valley), Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°29'32"N
Longitude: 7°8'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.492222222222,7.1463888888889
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: Al Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteColumbiteCopiapiteCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMelanteriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)0156


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