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Saint-Pons, Ubaye valley, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Two mineralized outcrops, NNE of Saint-Pons village:
- On left bank of Saint-Pon torrent, on west side of La Farière crest
- On east side of La Farière crest, in La Valette torrent ravine

Siderite lenses interstratified in Callovian-Oxfordian calcareous clays of the "Black Earth" formation.
Centimetric chalcostibite crystals in siderite vugs.
Numerous acicular crystals of dadsonite in black calcite.



References:
- Cervelle, B. D. , Cesbron, F. , Sichère, M. C. and Dietrich, J. E. (1979): La chalcostibite et dadsonite de Saint-Pons, Alpes de Haute Provence, France. Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 601-605.
- Fourcault J-M. (1989): Un gisement riche en sulfosels dans les Alpes de Haute Provence, Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, n°4, 13-19
- Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.
- Fourcault, J.M. (1997): Saint Pons, un gisement exceptionnel de sulfosels de Pb-Cu (Alpes de Haute Provence). Le Règne Minéral (15), 7-20.
- Fourcault, J. M. and Martaud, A. (1999): Zinkénite, Boulangérite et Dadsonite de Saint-Pons. Le Règne Minéral (29), 34-35.
- Fourcault, J.M. (2001): Célestite et calcite: Nouvelles découvertes à Saint-Pons, Barcelonnette (Alpes de Haute-Provence). Le Règne Minéral(40), 13-16.







Mineral List:
  		•  Ankerite
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Eur. J. Mineral. , 1989, 1, pp. 381-390.]
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Description: crystals to a few mm in size
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24 (1), 41-44.]
  		•  Boulangerite
    Pb
     
    5
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    11
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24 (1), 41-44.]
  		•  Bournonite
    PbCuSbS
     
    3
    Description: Prisms up to 6 mm long.
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
    Site Photo
    Saint-Pons, Ubaye valley, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    © Chollet Pascal
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
    Site Photo
    Saint-Pons, Ubaye valley, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    © Erik PERNA
  		•  Celestine
    SrSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Fourcault, J.M. (2001): Célestite et calcite: Nouvelles découvertes à Saint-Pons, Barcelonnette (Alpes de Haute-Provence). Le Règne Minéral (40), 13-16.]
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
  		•  Chalcostibite
    CuSbS
     
    2
    Habit: Elongated crystals to 16cm.
    Colour: Metallic gray
    Reference: [Cervelle, B., Cesbron, F., Sichère, M. C., & Dietrich, J. (1979). La chalcostibite et la dadsonite de Saint-Pons, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France. Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 601-605; Min Rec (1996) 27:138]
    Site Photo
    Saint-Pons, Ubaye valley, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    © 2005 M. Kampf
  		•  Dadsonite
    Pb
     
    23
    		Sb
     
    25
    		S
     
    60
    		Cl
    Description: Acicular "felt" in black calcite.
    Reference: [Cervelle, B., Cesbron, F., Sichère, M. C., & Dietrich, J. (1979). La chalcostibite et la dadsonite de Saint-Pons, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France. Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 601-605]
    Site Photo
    Saint-Pons, Ubaye valley, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    © JM. Johannet
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [Canad. Mineral. , 1979, Vol. 17, pp. 601-605.]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Canad. Mineral. , 1979, Vol. 17, pp. 601-605.]
  		•  Plagionite
    Pb
     
    5
    		Sb
     
    8
    		S
     
    17
    Reference: []
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
  		•  Semseyite
    Pb
     
    9
    		Sb
     
    8
    		S
     
    21
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
    Site Photo
    Saint-Pons, Ubaye valley, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    © Simone Citon
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
  		•  Stibiconite ?
    Sb
    3+
     
    		Sb
    5+
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH)
    Description: Fourcalt (1993) lists it as a "stibiconite-like mineral Sb+3Sb+5O6(OH) ?"
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.]
  		•  Zinkenite
    Pb
     
    9
    		Sb
     
    22
    		S
     
    42
    Description: Needles on chalcostibite.
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy]
    Site Photo
    Saint-Pons, Ubaye valley, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    © JDehove


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