Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Les Rats Mine Slag Dumps, Le Crozet, La Pacaudière, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 1700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Rats Mine Slag Dumps, Le Crozet, La Pacaudière, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°10'2"N
Longitude: 3°51'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.167222222222,3.8616666666667

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chenite	Connellite	Copper
Devilline	Diaspore	Ettringite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Spangolite	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chenite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Elyite ()*
Ettringite ()*	Fougèrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Lanarkite ()*
Langite ()*	Lead ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*
Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Pseudoboleite ()*
Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Spertiniite ()*	Susannite ()*
Vivianite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Brucite Calcite Caledonite Chenite Connellite Copper
Devilline Diaspore Ettringite Gypsum Hydrotalcite Ktenasite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Spangolite Vivianite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	366
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	57
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	85
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	93
Fougèrite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O	20
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	192
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	202
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	477
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	51
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	33
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	105
Spertiniite ()*	None	Cu(OH)₂	17
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	99
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...