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Locality Name:
Grand Etang Alluvial Deposits, Andelot River Watershed, St-Didier-la-Forêt, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 304235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grand Etang Alluvial Deposits, Andelot River Watershed, St-Didier-la-Forêt, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°13'40"N
Longitude: 3°18'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.227777777778,3.3080555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al As Au B Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelStauroliteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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