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Locality Name:
La Fosse Profonde (La Poudrière), Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 310

mindat Locality ID: 147042
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147042.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Fosse Profonde (La Poudrière), Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn U W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBetpakdaliteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
ConnelliteCopperCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeStibniteSymplesiteTungstite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Lindgrenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S31031002793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS31031009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)310310011547
Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]310310015
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi31031001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S331031001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS431031005516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO231031005171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S31031005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2310310027198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O3103100295
Copper  (*)CopperCu31031003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS31031004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O31031002970
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)3103100551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF231031009617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)31031007437
Lindgrenite  (*)NoneCu3(Mo6+O4)2(OH)2310310021
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23103100762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS231031005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2310310017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3103100492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O3103100105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3103100428
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O3103100309
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2310310061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)31031004894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O31031001153
Silver  (*)CopperAg31031005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310310021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43103100668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12310310080
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O310310092
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O3103100118
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2310310056
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O3103100185


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00360310310      YesBetpakdalite-CaCa, Lindgrenite, MolybdeniteMo155639Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceVaulryVallance et al. (2001)10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00093-2T336_43 

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