Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 310

mindat Locality ID: 18609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cu Deposit, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Löllingite	None	Polybasite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite

Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Kësterite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Roquesite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 As Bi Cu Fe H In O Pb S Sb Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Cu Fe H In O Pb S Sb Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Covellite Löllingite None Polybasite Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	310	310	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	310	310	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	310	310	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	310	310	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	310	310	4165
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	310	310	82
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	310	310	762
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	310	310	198
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	310	310	92
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	310	310	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	310	310	716
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	310	310	46
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	310	310	80
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	310	310	297

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00360	310	310								Yes		Betpakdalite-CaCa, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite	Mo	155639	Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Vaulry	Vallance et al. (2001)	10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00093-2	T336_43

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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