Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saint-Etienne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 7894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Etienne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Couriot Mine
La Ricamarie
La Talaudiere
La Tour-en-Jarez
Le Treuil Mine
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez

Latitude: 45°27'20"N
Longitude: 4°23'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.455555555556,4.39

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.

Amorphous	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum
Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite

Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bonazziite ()*	Claudetite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Salammoniac ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tellurite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Fe H K N Na O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Arsenic Arsenolite Baryte Calcite Clay Copiapite Copper Corundum
Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Sulphur Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	51492	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	51494	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	2	51486,51488	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	51488	231
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	51494	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	51488	1935
Bonazziite ()*	None	As₄S₄	1	51488	5
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	1	51488	35
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	51488	382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	51488,51494	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	51492	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	51492	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	51492	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	51492,51493	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	51492	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	51488	915
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	51496	43
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	51493	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	51496	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2	51486,51488	511
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	51488	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	51486,51494	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	51492,51493,51496	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	3	51486,51488,51490	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	51492	5614
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	2	51486,51488	105
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	51492	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	51494	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	51492	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	51494	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	51492	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	51486,51488	2045
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	1	51488	52
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	51492	4899
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	51488	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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