Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Leyvaux, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 18946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leyvaux, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Le Breuil

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.

Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stibnite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Berthierite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Sphalerite Stibnite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	50625,50626,50628,50629	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	4	50625,50626,50627,50629	343
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	50625	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	0		784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	50625,50626	5674
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	0		100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	50625,50626	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	50625,50626,50627,50628,50629	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	50625	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	50625,50626,50627,50629	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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