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Locality Name:
Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val De Loire, France


mindat Locality ID: 203288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val De Loire, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chaillac Mine
ForĂȘt De ChĂ©nier

Latitude: 46°28'8"N
Longitude: 1°20'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.468888888889,1.3380555555556

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: Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1535072734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15350711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15350727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1535074979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21535079895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21535079617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15350724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)253507,535087437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1535076890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315350714640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21535075674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215350739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1535071725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215350761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15350721482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41535071655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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