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Locality Name:
Saint-Amant-Tallende, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 157799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Amant-Tallende, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aydat
Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite
Olloix
Saint-Sandoux
Saulzet-le-Froid

Latitude: 45°38'21"N
Longitude: 3°0'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.639166666667,3.0016666666667

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Se Si Ti U V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteAutuniteBaryteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteFeldsparFluorite
FritzscheiteGuilleminiteGypsumHydrotalciteMarcasiteNatroliteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteZircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Fougèrite  (*)Francevillite  (*)Guilleminite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Olsacherite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)Selenium  (*)Spinel  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1518541036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6451844,51850,51854,518562060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1518521272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15185211547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1518524979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1518525707
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O15185240
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215185227198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe151852281
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3351850,51854,518561797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1518524165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1518521027
Fougèrite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O15184220
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O15185243
Guilleminite  (*)GuilleminiteBa(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2O2·3H2O1518523
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1518526890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3351846,51850,5185614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31518545433
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O151852198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4351842,51850,5185614899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21518525674
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O151854425
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1518521107
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)151854884
Olsacherite  (*)BarytePb2(Se6+O4)(SO4)15185210
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215185239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2351850,51852,5185661156
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)15185258
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe151852143
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41518501934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1518522045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131518521803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O251850,518564899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1518521059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21518522718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O151852890
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O151852185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)251850,518565251



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