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Locality Name:
Lower Chrétien Mine, Chrétien Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 338
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 222800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222800.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower Chrétien Mine, Chrétien Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°13'16"N
Longitude: 7°9'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.221111111111,7.1638888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As C Ca Co Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Co Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteCobaltiteCopperHureauliteLöllingiteNickelineNone
PerovskiteQuartzSkutteruditeVivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Clinosafflorite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rauenthalite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sainfeldite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S33827002793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3382700445
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs3382700379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS33827009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)338270027770
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2338270021
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3382700966
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3382700814
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS3382700131
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O3382700103
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23382700762
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3382700633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As33382700176
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O3382700124
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O338270099
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)3382700140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338270061156
Rauenthalite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·10H2O338270023
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs23382700317
Sainfeldite  (*)HureauliteCa5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O338270028
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O33827001153
Silver  (*)CopperAg33827005186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33382700531


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002428338270Neo/Late-Variscan age mineralization   Yes Cu, Ag, As, Pb, Zn1673Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, FranceSainte Marie-aux-MinesHafeznia et al. (2012) GRA14_2012 

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