Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rochefort-Montagne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 12815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rochefort-Montagne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
La Gratade
Laqueuille
Le Barry
Nébouzat
Perpezat
Plane River Alluvials
Vernines

Latitude: 45°40'10"N
Longitude: 2°48'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.669444444444,2.8138888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Milarite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Milarite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	9	51821,51822,51824,51827,51829,51831,51833,51835,51837	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	51829	27198
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	51835	94
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	7	51821,51824,51827,51829,51831,51835,51837	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	51821	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	51819,51821,51822,51824,51827,51829,51831,51832,51833,51835	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	51819,51821,51822,51827,51829,51831,51833,51835	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	51819,51821	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	51827	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	51819,51821,51827,51829,51831,51833,51835,51837	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	51832	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	51822	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	51827,51832	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	51822,51837	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	51827	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	11	51819,51821,51822,51824,51827,51829,51831,51832,51833,51835,51837	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	51832	458
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	8	51819,51821,51822,51827,51829,51831,51833,51835	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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