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Locality Name:
Bancherelle Mine, Lachaux, Puy-Guillaume, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 45807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bancherelle Mine, Lachaux, Puy-Guillaume, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°0'35"N
Longitude: 3°32'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.009722222222,3.5344444444444
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 Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteEnargiteFluoriteMarcasiteMeneghiniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
TetrahedriteWurtziteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Opal  (*)Parsonsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)2063
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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