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Locality Name:
Bouguenais, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France


mindat Locality ID: 292059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bouguenais, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Caillère
La Croix Rouge
La Roche-Ballue
Le Port Lavigne

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDigenite
EpidoteFeldsparLillianiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Eskimoite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gustavite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vikingite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1562892793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1562892734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS256286,562899052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1562891966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15629027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2256289,5629027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5156289344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1562894165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1562891027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1562908173
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S3615628920
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS256287,5628924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15628930554
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6156289113
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S915628966
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6156289128
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21562895674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21562895800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1562892349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215628739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81562899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215628961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1562894894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1562891153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15628921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131562895317
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S3015628927


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