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Locality Name:
Chazelles-Haut (Chazelle), Mercoeur, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 1733
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1733.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chazelles-Haut (Chazelle), Mercoeur, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Julien Cussat Vein
La Mine Grasse Vein (La Mine Vieille Vein; Les Anciens Vein)
Le Ceroux Vein
Olagnol Vein

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

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Fe H O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeNonePyriteQuartz
SerpentineSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteZinkenite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierine  (*)Berthierite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)
Fülöppite  (*)Goethite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Plagionite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1511499052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4059
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4151149343
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11151148843
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215114927198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)15115031
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12151149663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS30105
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1515114955
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1511497437
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14151149784
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2151149300
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S170100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251149,5115039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2451147,51148,51149,5115061156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21151148165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1511496417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15114921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3351147,51148,511493418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131511495317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3151150369
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42151149228



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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