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:
Tauves, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 144373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tauves, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pontvieux
Pontvieux Mine

Latitude: 45°32'15"N
Longitude: 2°36'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.5375,2.6108333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Copper	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
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: As Au Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Copper Corundum None Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	51897	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	51896	2060
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	51897	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	51897	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	51896	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	51897	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	51896	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	51897	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	51897	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	51896	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	51896	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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