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Locality Name:
Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 296.8

mindat Locality ID: 155639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155639.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Celtic Age Mine
Cu Deposit
Vaulry Mines

Latitude: 46°2'32"N
Longitude: 1°4'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.042222222222,1.0725
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 Au Ba Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H In K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O P U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBetpakdaliteChalcopyriteClay
ColumbiteConnelliteCopperCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePolybasitePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStannoidite
StibniteSymplesiteTungstite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Lindgrenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)
Russellite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Varlamoffite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3103101548232793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS310310354822,54823,548249052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)310310254822,5482311547
Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]310310254819,5482315
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6310310154820413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3103101548231966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33103101548231935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4310310354820,54823,548245516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2310310354822,54823,548245171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S310310254820,548235707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2310310354820,54823,5482427198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O310310154823295
Copper  (*)CopperCu310310254823,548243846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS310310254820,548234165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3103101548232970
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)310310254823,54824551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2310310254823,548249617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3103101548237437
Gold  (*)CopperAu31031015482430554
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS431031015482082
Lindgrenite  (*)NoneCu3(Mo6+O4)2(OH)231031015482321
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2310310354820,54823,54824762
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4310310154820198
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS831031015482092
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2310310354822,54823,548245800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)231031015482317380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)310310154823492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O310310254823,54824105
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]310310154820249
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O310310254823,54824428
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]310310154820716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O310310154823309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS231031015482239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2310310254823,5482461156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS231031015482046
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO631031015482440
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)310310254823,548244894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O310310254823,548241153
Silver  (*)CopperAg310310254823,548245186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS31031015482321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4310310154823668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12310310254820,5482380
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O31031015482392
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O318.2296.801059
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O310310254823,54824118
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2310310254823,5482456
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3310310154820297
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O310310154823185


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_483In the Limousin area of France, the Vaulry deposit consists of veins of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite. The veins intrude the Blond granite and metamorphic rocks and are a few centimeters in a greisenized envelope. Tungsten mineralization postdates the first period of hydrothermal alteration.
Michelle_484In the Limousin area of France, the Vaulry deposit consists of veins of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite. The veins intrude the Blond granite and metamorphic rocks and are a few centimeters in a greisenized envelope. Tungsten mineralization postdates the first period of hydrothermal fluid introduction.
Michelle_485In the Limousin area of France, the Vaulry deposit consists of veins of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite. The veins intrude the Blond granite and metamorphic rocks and are a few centimeters in a greisenized envelope. Tungsten mineralization postdates the first period of hydrothermal alteration.
Michelle_486In the Limousin area of France, the Vaulry deposit consists of veins of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite. The veins intrude the Blond granite and metamorphic rocks and are a few centimeters in a greisenized envelope. Tungsten mineralization postdates the first period of hydrothermal alteration. Sample CFM-16 was collected from mineralized blocks of old mine workings containing W-bearing intragranitic quartz veins


5 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       Betpakdalite-CaCa, Lindgrenite, MolybdeniteMo155639Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceVaulryVallance et al. (2001)10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00093-2T336_43 
Michelle_483305305305 Age of quartz mineralization in vein    Quartz 264296Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceVaulry depositHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Age of hydrothermal fluid circulation responsible for the initial quartz mineralization of the veins. This predates the introduction of ore minerals.
Michelle_484318.2313.6315.9 ± 2.3Ar-ArAge of alteration associated with greisenmuscovite   Muscovite  264296Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceVaulry depositHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Age of vein alteration associated with greisen. This postdates the initial quartz mineralization of the veins.
Michelle_485311.8310.4311.1± 0.7Ar-ArAge of biotite from vein mineralizationmuscovite   Muscovite  264296Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceVaulry depositHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Age of biotite from vein mineralization. This postdates the initial quartz mineralization of the veins.
Michelle_486299.2296.8298.0± 1.2U-PbAge of wolframite crystallizationwolframiteCFM-16    264296Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceVaulry depositHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Interpreted as the age of the wolframite crystallization. It is younger than the Ar-Ar mica ages of 309-311 ma from the quartz-wolframite veins.

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