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Locality Name:
Le Gaud Veins & Le Frau Veins, Desges, Pinols, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 47313
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47313.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Gaud Veins & Le Frau Veins, Desges, Pinols, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorrensiteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparKaolinite
MarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Corrensite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O049
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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