Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 64831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mine Jaune, 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: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Topaz ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Topaz Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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