Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 207
Youngest recorded age at locality: 205

mindat Locality ID: 12929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12929.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 46°0'29"N
Longitude: 3°36'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.008055555556,3.6002777777778

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite
None	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Schoepite

Autunite ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ianthinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Opal ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Parsonsite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schoepite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Uranopilite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Autunite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite
None Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Schoepite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	207	205	1272
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	207	205	92
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	207	205	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	207	205	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	207	205	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	207	205	4165
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	207	205	82
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	207	205	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	207	205	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	207	205	14640
Ianthinite ()*	None	U⁴⁺₂(UO₂)₄O₆(OH)₄·9H₂O	207	205	31
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	207	205	198
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	207	205	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	207	205	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	207	205	443
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	207	205	2994
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	207	205	144
Parsonsite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)(PO₄)₂	207	205	63
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	207	205	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	207	205	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	207	205	61156
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	207	205	94
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	207	205	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	207	205	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	207	205	890
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	207	205	94

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000824	207	205	207-205	U-Pb			uraninite				Uraninite	Uraninite	U	12929	Bigay Mine, Lachaux, Puy-Guillaume, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	Bigay Mine	Chervet et al. (1953)		CEAR_236

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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