Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 54275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brousse, Massiac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Le Comte Ravine
Vazerat

Latitude: 45°15'18"N
Longitude: 3°12'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.255,3.2069444444444

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zincite ()*

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: Ag As Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Diaspore Malachite Marcasite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

20 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	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	50651,50652	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	50652	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	50652	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	50652	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	50652	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	50652	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	0		98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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