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Locality Name:
Chapdes-Beaufort, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 131300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chapdes-Beaufort, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Les Arbres
Les Rioux
Les Sagnettes
Moulin Chabannes

Latitude: 45°54'21"N
Longitude: 2°53'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.905833333333,2.8963888888889
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: Al As Au Bi Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperCorundumMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21517652162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS351766,51767,517689052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61517652060
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1517671966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31517681935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215176827198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)151768551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15176724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15176630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315176514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415176514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2251767,517685674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251767,5176839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81517679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215176661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1517684894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15176721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4151767668
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1517655251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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