Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 338.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 326.5

mindat Locality ID: 24036
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24036.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ahun
Chamborand
Crozant
Evaux
Gioux
Guéret
Lavaufranche
Lavaveix-les-Mines
Montagaud
Puy Jean
Saitt Goussaud
Soumans
Viges

Latitude: 46°10'21"N
Longitude: 2°2'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.1725,2.0480555555556

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Autunite	Baryte	Berthierite
Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corrensite
Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lipscombite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite
Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Phosphosiderite	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Reddingite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Turquoise
Viitaniemiite	Vivianite	Wardite	Wavellite	Zircon

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti Tl U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Arthurite Autunite Baryte Berthierite
Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Clay Columbite Copper Coronadite Corrensite
Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Löllingite Lipscombite Marcasite Meta-autunite
Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Phosphosiderite Phosphuranylite Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Ramsdellite Reddingite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Turquoise
Viitaniemiite Vivianite Wardite Wavellite Zircon

112 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bermanite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Brookite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corrensite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Criddleite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eosphorite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gorceixite ()*	Graphite ()*	Heinrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Lacroixite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Lipscombite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Ludlamite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Morinite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Natanite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parsonsite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phosphoferrite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*
Tosudite ()*	Triplite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Uranospathite ()*	Uranosphaerite ()*	Variscite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*
Viitaniemiite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wardite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	54667	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	54667	244
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	54636	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			3	54646,54658,54666	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	54646	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			1	54646	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	338.7	326.5	7	54639,54646,54649,54653,54663,54667,54668	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂			2	54646,54668	73
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			5	54651,54653,54659,54666,54667	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	54666	11547
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	54641	55
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄			1	54646	343
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	54641,54667	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	54667	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	54666	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	54646	700
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			1	54641	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	54636,54646	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			3	54641,54666,54667	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	54667	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	54639,54646	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	54667	77
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	54661	566
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	54641	518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	54667	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	54666	1008
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O			1	54667	49
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	54667	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	54667	310
Criddleite ()*	None	Ag₂Au₃TlSb₁₀S₁₀			1	54668	3
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	54641	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	54667	2970
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O			1	54643	82
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	54646	9895
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	54667	128
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			2	54666,54667	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			3	54641,54666,54667	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	54661,54666,54667	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	54639	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	54639,54646,54649,54667,54668	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	54667	121
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	54646	2812
Heinrichite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O			1	54653	18
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	54658,54667	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	54667	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	54656	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂			1	54667	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	54646,54667	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O			1	54642	198
Lacroixite ()*	Titanite	NaAl(PO₄)F			2	54665,54667	22
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	54667	234
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	54641	47
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	338.7	326.5	3	54646,54663,54666	762
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	54641	66
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	54658,54667	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	54667	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	54646	5674
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈			1	54667	92
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	54666	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			2	54666,54667	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	54666,54667	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	54658	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)			1	54667	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	54667	1508
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O			1	54667	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	54646,54666,54667	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	54667	112
Natanite ()*	Perovskite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆			1	54667	14
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	54667	2349
Parsonsite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)(PO₄)₂			2	54662,54666	63
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			2	54653,54667	428
Phosphoferrite ()*	Reddingite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	54641	31
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	54641	182
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	54667	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	54639,54646,54667	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	54667	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	54646	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			10	54639,54641,54646,54649,54658,54659,54661,54666,54667,54668	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂			1	54667	88
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	54667	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	54656,54658,54667	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	54666	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	54667	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	338.7	326.5	3	54663,54666,54667	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	54641,54646	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	54641	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	54639,54646,54667	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	54667	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂			1	54667	80
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	54668	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			3	54639,54646,54667	3418
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	54667	263
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	54666	1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	54641,54667	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			3	54659,54666,54667	1059
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O			1	54646	36
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F			2	54641,54667	233
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	54667	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	54659,54666	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O			1	54653	89
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			2	54651,54659	890
Uranospathite ()*	None	(Al, )(UO₂)₂F(PO₄)₂·20H₂O			1	54653	20
Uranosphaerite ()*	None	Bi(UO₂)O₂(OH)			2	54642,54643	18
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	54667	301
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂			1	54667	56
Viitaniemiite ()*	Viitaniemiite	NaCaAl(PO₄)F₃			1	54667	12
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	54641	636
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	54667	58
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	54667	374
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	54658	939
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O			4	54642,54643,54662,54667	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	54656,54658	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_488	St-Goussaud leucogranite is intrusive, belonging to the most differentiated unit of the eastern part of the Brâme-St-Sylvestre leucogranitic complex near Limousin. It hosts a network of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite veins.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_488	338.7	326.5	332.6±6.1	U-Pb	Age of wolframite crystallization		wolframite	BOS3c						50080	Saitt Goussaud, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	St-Goussaud deposit	Harlaux et al. (2018)	10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0	MD53_21	Age of wolframite crystallization from the Bossabut W±Sn showing at the margin but within the Goussaud granite.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060434	Hyverneresse Mine, Gioux, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	https://rruff.info/R060434
R040067	Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	https://rruff.info/R040067

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