Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sain-Bel, L'Arbresle, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 155653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sain-Bel, L'Arbresle, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bessenay
Iron Mine

Latitude: 45°47'33"N
Longitude: 4°35'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.7925,4.585

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite	Melanterite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Alunogen ()*	Baryte ()*	Boothite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goslarite ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Corundum Epidote Epsomite Melanterite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	419	359	1	51946	272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	419	359	0		11547
Boothite ()*	Melanterite	Cu(SO₄)·7H₂O	419	359	1	51946	18
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	419	359	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	419	359	2	51945,51946	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	419	359	1	51945	382
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	419	359	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	419	359	1	51945	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	419	359	1	51946	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419	359	1	51946	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	419	359	1	51946	188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	419	359	1	51945	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	419	359	1	51946	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	419	359	2	51945,51946	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	419	359	2	51945,51946	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	419	359	1	51946	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	419	359	1	51946	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00487	419	359	Devonian											155653	Sain-Bel, L'Arbresle, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	Sain Bel	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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