Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay, La Grand-Croix, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 214624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214624.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay, La Grand-Croix, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Charbonnière
Grand Filon

Latitude: 45°26'53"N
Longitude: 4°35'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.448055555556,4.5858333333333

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Staurolite Tourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	51444	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	51444	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	51444	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	51445	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	51445	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	51445	27198
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	51444	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	51444,51445	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	51445	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	51445	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	51444	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	51444	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	51444	17380
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	51444	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	51444,51445	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	51444	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	51445	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	51444	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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