Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balade Mine (Ballade Mine), Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 8531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balade Mine (Ballade Mine), Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, 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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cubanite	Enargite	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite
Wurtzite

Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Selenium ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Cubanite Enargite Epidote Garnet Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Talc Titanite
Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	376
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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