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Locality Name:
Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


mindat Locality ID: 191237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Les Roches Quarry
Montebras Mines

Latitude: 46°19'14"N
Longitude: 2°17'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.320555555556,2.2994444444444
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 Au B Ba Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerylChildreniteClay
ColumbiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteMeta-autunite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRhodoniteRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopaz
TourmalineTripliteTurquoiseViitaniemiiteWarditeWavellite

73 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corrensite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lacroixite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Morinite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Natanite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parsonsite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramsdellite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)Variscite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Viitaniemiite  (*)
Wardite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1546678803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F154667244
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21546662162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1546679052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O254666,546671272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15466611547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181546674286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1546671966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31546661935
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2254666,546675171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1546675707
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O15466777
Copper  (*)CopperCu1546673846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181546661008
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O15466749
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1546674165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6154667310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1546672970
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O154667128
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)254666,54667551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F254666,546672740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2254666,546679617
Gold  (*)CopperAu15466730554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6154667121
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315466714640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)154667469
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2154667148
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41546675591
Lacroixite  (*)TitaniteNaAl(PO4)F15466722
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)154667234
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2154666762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415466714899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)154667770
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS815466792
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O154666388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O254666,54667443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)254666,546674924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)154667200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1546671508
Morinite  (*)NoneNaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4·2H2O15466722
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2254666,5466717380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4154667112
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)615466714
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1546672349
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)215466663
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O154667428
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4154667369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215466739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21546673106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2254666,5466761156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO215466788
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)154667969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21546675614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1546664894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1546672705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O254666,546671153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15466721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4154667668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1215466780
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31546673418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O154667263
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131546661803
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21546671476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O254666,546671059
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F154667233
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O154667484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21546662718
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O154667301
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)215466756
Viitaniemiite  (*)ViitaniemiiteNaCaAl(PO4)F315466712
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O15466758
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O154667374
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O154667185


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040067Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Francehttps://rruff.info/R040067

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