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St Pierre vein, Giromagny, Belfort, Territoire-de-Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francei
Regional Level Types
St Pierre veinVein
GiromagnyCommune
BelfortArrondissement
Territoire-de-BelfortDepartment
Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéRegion
FranceCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 45' 4'' North , 6° 49' 19'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Lepuix1,155 (2016)1.1km
Giromagny3,294 (2016)1.1km
Vescemont753 (2016)1.9km
Rougegoutte933 (2016)3.0km
Auxelles-Bas479 (2016)3.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
220522
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:220522:2
GUID (UUID V4):
8fb7e5c9-6dbb-4ae7-a8de-a0f53bbc46d5
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Franche-Comté
Name(s) in local language(s):
Filon Saint Pierre, Giromagny, Territoire-de-Belfort, Franche-Comté, France


The oldest documents describing the operation of the vein "Saint-Pierre Vein" dates from the fifteenth century, but they may have begun well before during the thirteenth century.
It was a great mine in the past, one of three most profitable.
Before the nineteenth century historians have described a deep mine with 13 shafts below the river level (approx. 400 meters). One of the most important regional pumping machinery was installed into the mine and with a water wheel outside the edge of the first shaft.
This mine cannot be visited since closure in 1850.

Currently the village has been built around this area and the neighbourhood is named after the mine.
Only the water channel of mines is still visible, dumps were erased.
No old-time mineral specimens were preserved or are known tody.

The fluorite specimens shown in the Mindat Gallery were discovered at a vein outcrop, and described in Conraux & Brunsperger (2012).

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


9 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Colour: White, pale yellow
Fluorescence: No
Description: Frenquents millimetrics polysynthetics and primatics crystals. Rarely in biggest scalenoedral 6cm pale yellow crystals.
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Colour: white
Fluorescence: no
Description: Micro-crystals on galena.
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Colour: yellow
Fluorescence: No
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Colour: Creamy white, light brown.
Fluorescence: No
Description: Sometimes replacimng millimetrics scalenoedricals calcite.
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Colour: Light yellow
Description: Frequency could be not given for all this location while the new discvery touch a little part (2 meters long and 1.5m deep) of this 400m deep vein reconnized at 18th century! Only one 19mm on edge crystal was found and twinned crystals are rare (only 12 founded).
Galena
Formula: PbS
Colour: grey
Description: Crystals are all troncated and didn't exceed 8mm. They are altered a little.
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Colour: yellow
Description: Millimetrics crystals in association with pyrite.
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Colour: yellow to metallic white
Fluorescence: No
Description: hexaedricals to octaedricals micro-crystals.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Colour: translucent to white
Description: Probably the first deposit minerals. It cover every vein size but only with micro-crystals.
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Colour: Metallic dark grey
Fluorescence: No
Description: As the mine in closed since 18th century, and that any preserved minerals were known it'll be difficult to tell abot this mineral rarity! At working period this mine was worked for this mineral!

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S MarcasiteFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
S Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca FluoriteCaF2
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
SbAntimony
Sb Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
PbLead
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb GalenaPbS

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