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Locality Name:
Pinols, Pinols, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 155579
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155579.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinols, Pinols, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Drey Vein
Montgros Mine

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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H In K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayFeldsparKaolinite
MarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibnite
Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Laforêtite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1512272734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21512273092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS251226,512279052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15122711547
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)415122779
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15122727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1512274979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215122627198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81512271756
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12151227663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15122724243
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS15122762
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1512271689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61512271066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41512275591
Laforêtite  (*)ChalcopyriteAgInS21512273
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21512275674
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1512272349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251226,5122739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1512271725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81512279056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2251226,5122761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21512275614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1512261153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1512272473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15122721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31512263418


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