Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montbrison, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 144380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montbrison, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ecotay-l'Olme
Essertines-en-Châtelneuf
Imbert's Pegmatite
Lezigneux
Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville
Verrières-en-Forez
Vizézy Brook Alluvials

Latitude: 45°32'58"N
Longitude: 4°2'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.549444444444,4.0386111111111

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.

Andalusite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Na ()*	Corundum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	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: Al B C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Calcite Chabazite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Tourmaline 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	51466	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	51459	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	51465	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	51463,51466	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	51463,51465	27770
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	51463	66
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	51466	1797
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	51466	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	51466	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	51466	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	51456,51458,51459	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	51461	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	51458,51459	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	51465	1236
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	51456,51457,51458,51459,51461,51466	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	51466	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	51456,51459	2705
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	51466	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	51466	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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