Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chaudes-Aigues, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 53092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaudes-Aigues, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Albaret-le-Comtal
Anterrieux
Beaumas
Delboutier
Groseillères-Pré; Groseillères-Chabrier
Jabrun
Le Vergne
Les Plagnes
Malineux
Montclergues
Montfol
Neuvéglise
Riousalat
Rochinière
Sansard
Sieujac

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Zircon

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*

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: As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Marcasite Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	50601	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	50588,50594,50595,50601	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	11	50581,50582,50584,50585,50586,50587,50591,50592,50593,50596,50600	1272
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	50601	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	50598,50601	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2	50584,50586	566
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	50595,50598	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	50594,50601	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	50601	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	50584,50595,50601	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	50601	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	50587,50588,50593,50594,50595,50601	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	50601	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	50602	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	50598	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	6	50580,50584,50586,50589,50591,50599	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	50584	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	1	50591	89

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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