St Pierre vein, Giromagny, Belfort, Territoire-de-Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francei
Regional Level Types | |
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St Pierre vein | Vein |
Giromagny | Commune |
Belfort | Arrondissement |
Territoire-de-Belfort | Department |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Region |
France | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 45' 4'' North , 6° 49' 19'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Lepuix | 1,155 (2016) | 1.1km |
Giromagny | 3,294 (2016) | 1.1km |
Vescemont | 753 (2016) | 1.9km |
Rougegoutte | 933 (2016) | 3.0km |
Auxelles-Bas | 479 (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).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed 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! |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
Group 3 - Halides | |||
ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
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- Vosges
- Vosges Volcanic FieldVolcanic Field
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