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Locality Name:
Les Ardillats, Beaujeu, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 157754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Ardillats, Beaujeu, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Verrière (Montchonay)
Les Ardillats Quarry
Les Valettes Mine (Le Golet; Grange; Moret)

Latitude: 46°11'13"N
Longitude: 4°32'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.186944444444,4.5355555555556

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteAutuniteBaryteBrackebuschite
BrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteFeldsparFluorite
GypsumLinariteMalachiteMiniumMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTyrolite

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenogorceixite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goudeyite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Wallkilldellite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)151933254
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6151933966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1519332734
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)15193324
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O151933194
Arsenogorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)615193315
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)15193337
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6151933919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1519351272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2251933,519355509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15193311547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2251933,51935172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6151933132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6151933413
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31519351935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61519331633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)251933,5193427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6151933359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2151933178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)251933,519354979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1519335707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O151933194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2251933,5193527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1519333531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1519333846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4151933175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS251933,519354165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1519332970
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)151933220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2251933,519359617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS251933,5193524243
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O15193319
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1519336890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1519331689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2151933201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61519331066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O151933593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2251933,51935987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415193414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2251933,5193512537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO151933202
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O151933182
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1519331107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4151933247
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)151933492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1519332349
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O151933105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O151933428
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6151933170
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O151933309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215193339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1519331725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2251933,5193561156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2151933454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1519331153
Silver  (*)CopperAg1519335186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1519332473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS251933,5193521482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O15193390
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1519332045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131519335317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1519344899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1519351059
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O151933245
Wallkilldellite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+3(AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O15193320
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O15193395
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41519331655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O151933185



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