Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mayres, Thueyts, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 235503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mayres, Thueyts, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lescure Mine
Vieux Mayres Pegmatite (Le Château Pegmatite)

Latitude: 44°39'31"N
Longitude: 4°6'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.658611111111,4.1061111111111

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tourmaline

23 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	50501	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	50501	1310
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	50500	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	50500	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	50501	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	50500	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	50500	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	50500	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	50500	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	50501	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	50500	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	50500	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	50500	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	50500	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	50501	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	50501	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	50501	2349
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	1	50500	46
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	50500	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	50500,50501	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	50501	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	50500	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	50500	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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