Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Argentine Mine, Montchabert, La Lauzière Massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 52829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argentine Mine, Montchabert, La Lauzière Massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°29'13"N
Longitude: 6°20'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.486944444444,6.3394444444444

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.

Allargentum	Bournonite	Clay	Cubanite	Nickeline	None	Rocksalt	Talc	Valleriite	Wurtzite

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 Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Bournonite Clay Cubanite Nickeline None Rocksalt Talc Valleriite Wurtzite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bournonite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Galena ()*
Talc ()*	Valleriite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	175
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	180
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	237

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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