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Locality Name:
Bonnac, Massiac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 53927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonnac, Massiac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Moulin De La Borie (Bonnac South)
Scoufour (Bonnac North)

Latitude: 45°13'29"N
Longitude: 3°8'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.224722222222,3.1455555555556

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: As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperCubaniteLöllingiteMarcasite
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TungstiteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Gold  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2750639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,506453092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1050638,50639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50645,50647,50648,506499052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi950639,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,506491966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3850639,50641,50642,50643,50645,50647,50648,506491935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)150649716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1050639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,5064927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2450639,50647,50648,5064927198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3150648802
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)950638,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,50647,50648,50649551
Gold  (*)CopperAu950638,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,5064930554
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2850640,50641,50642,50643,50645,50647,50648,50649762
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi250641,5064688
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2250648,506495674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2450643,50647,50648,506495800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2650638,50640,50642,50645,50647,5064839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8350639,50648,506499056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21150638,50639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,5064961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)450640,50643,50648,506494894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1050639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,506496417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS250648,5064921482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3150646276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13350647,50648,506491803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S950639,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,50649510
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O150643118



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