Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valtorte, Claveisolles, Beaujeu, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 69482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valtorte, Claveisolles, Beaujeu, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°7'6"N
Longitude: 4°31'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.118333333333,4.5191666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Kieserite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Kieserite Marcasite
Melanterite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	139

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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