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:
La Tour D'Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 155561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Tour D'Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ayssard River Alluvials
Gagne River Alluvials
Mortagne River Alluvials
Picherande

Latitude: 45°31'28"N
Longitude: 2°43'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.524444444444,2.7222222222222

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.

Corundum	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	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: Al Ca Fe Mg O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	51699,51701,51704,51705	2060
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	51701,51704	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	51704	4135
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	51700,51701,51704	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	51704	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	51700,51701,51704	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	51699,51700,51701,51704	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	51699,51700,51701,51704	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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