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Limonite from
Banchet Mine, Névache, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Banchet Mine, Névache, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1489840
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1489840:2
GUID (UUID V4):9a1b182f-fcc3-4238-a990-187229ed15d0
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
4.4km (2.7 miles) Mont Thabor, Névache, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
10.3km (6.4 miles) Plampinet, Névache, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
15.7km (9.7 miles) Les Clochettes mine, Villar-d'Arêne, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
18.0km (11.2 miles) "Bardonecchia road" quartzite vein, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
18.5km (11.5 miles) La Beaume, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
22.3km (13.9 miles) Punta Rascià, Cesana Torinese, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
22.5km (14.0 miles) Monte Cruzore (Monte Cruzeau), Cesana Torinese, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
23.0km (14.3 miles) Roccia Rossa, Cesana Torinese, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
23.2km (14.4 miles) Monte Gimont east slope (Grand Charvia east slope), Cesana Torinese, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
25.6km (15.9 miles) Lago Nero spilite outcrop, Cesana Torinese, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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classic décollement of the Jura Mountains of eastern France (Bucher, 1933, p. 151; Rodgers, 1964). Rodgers...might also correspond to the Subalpine chains of France and to the Helvetic nappes as well as the Jura...and Drahovzal (1974) interpreted a thin zone of limonite mineralization along the contact as evidence of...two. However, no strata are missing. Zones of limonite are common in the coastal-plain strata — for example...stopped at the impermeable contact, and a hard limonite deposit may be built up. A similar situation exists
 
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