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Locality Name:
Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


mindat Locality ID: 1697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Allas-les-Mines
Bourg-des-Maisons
Cadouin
Condat-sur-Vézère
Jumilhac Le Grand
Lalinde
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin (Le Buisson-Cussac)
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
Milhac-de-Nontron
Nontron
Paulin
Saint Priest-les-Fougeres
Saint-Front-d'Alemps
Saint-Martin-le-Pin
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière
Saint-Paul-la-Roche
Saint-Romain-et-Saint-Clément
Terrasson-Lavilledieu
Thiviers
Varaigne

Latitude: 45°16'4"N
Longitude: 0°49'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.267777777778,0.82944444444444

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 B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumDescloizite
DiasporeGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteSulphurTourmaline
WurtziteZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chromite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Embreyite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21547152162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)254695,546982734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)754694,54695,54696,54698,54705,54707,5471311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354698,54710,5471227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21547155171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)354695,54698,547074979
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41546883902
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)15469581
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2254698,547079895
Embreyite  (*)NonePb5(CrO4)2(PO4)2·H2O1546955
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS654694,54695,54696,54697,54698,5470724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1547007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15471530554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS154705717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1546986890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3254712,5471514640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O154695144
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4454685,54690,54692,547085591
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)615469541
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4254702,547151507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415471514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2354698,54707,547175674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1547101066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1546951107
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1546931508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)154695362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354688,54694,5471117380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O154706471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1546902994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2454695,54698,54705,5471039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl354695,54698,547071725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2754690,54693,54695,54696,54697,54698,5470861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21547155614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)254698,547152705
Silver  (*)CopperAg1546955186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS554695,54696,54698,54705,5470721482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)154715978
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1547072045
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)15469563
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4254695,546981655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1547155251



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