Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beaufortain, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 189571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaufortain, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Beaufort
Cevins
Grand Mont

Latitude: 45°39'13"N
Longitude: 6°34'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.653611111111,6.5738888888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Zircon

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O P S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	51993	2162
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	51990	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	51991	8173
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	51990	309
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	51990,51993	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	51993	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	51993	6417
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	51993	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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