Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saint-Santin-Cantalès, Laroquebrou, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 155555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Santin-Cantalès, Laroquebrou, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Le Cazaret
Pruns

Latitude: 45°1'5"N
Longitude: 2°15'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.018055555556,2.2655555555556

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.

Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe Ge H O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Lepidocrocite Marcasite Nickeline None
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	50621	3092
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	50621	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	50621,50622	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	50621	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	1	50621	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	50621,50622	27198
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	50621	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	50621,50622	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	50621,50622	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	50621	30554
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	50621	581
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	50622	5674
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	50621	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	50621,50622	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	50621,50622	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	50621,50622	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	50621	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	50621	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	50621,50622	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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