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Locality Name:
Le Crozet, La Pacaudière, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 215587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Crozet, La Pacaudière, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Les Rats Mine
Les Rats Mine Slag Dumps

Latitude: 46°10'1"N
Longitude: 3°51'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.166944444444,3.8616666666667

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteBruciteCalcite
CaledoniteChalcopyriteCheniteClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDevillineDiaspore
EpidoteEttringiteGypsumHydrotalciteKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelVivianite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fougèrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lead  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Portlandite  (*)
Pseudoboleite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Silver  (*)Spangolite  (*)Spertiniite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Susannite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1514502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)251450,514512734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4151451246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1514513250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6151450919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2251450,514515509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15145011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41514505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6251450,514511633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)251450,5145127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6251450,51451359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)251450,514514979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1514505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215145027198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)615145140
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1514503531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O151451295
Copper  (*)CopperCu251450,514513846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16151450227
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O251450,514512970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O251450,51451366
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)415145157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61514504135
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)151450180
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O15145185
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1514508173
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O15145193
Fougèrite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O15145120
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15145024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)251450,514517437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O251450,514516890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315145014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1514501689
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)15145197
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O151451593
Lead  (*)CopperPb151451192
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2151451265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2251450,51451987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO151451139
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415145014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2251450,5145112537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO151451202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1514501107
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6151451477
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)215145151
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)4815145133
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215145039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215145061156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O151451142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O251450,51451292
Silver  (*)CopperAg1514505186
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O151451105
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)215145117
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15145021482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)151450156
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)215145199
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl151450605
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O151451636



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