Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 1735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Mine, Sain-Bel, L'Arbresle, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°48'40"N
Longitude: 4°36'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.811111111111,4.6013888888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Epsomite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Epsomite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunogen ()*	Boothite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goslarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Boothite ()*	Melanterite	Cu(SO₄)·7H₂O	18
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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