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Locality Name:
Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


mindat Locality ID: 24092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Arleuf
Bazoches
Boussegré
Château-Chinon
Chitry Les Mines
Corbigny
Coulanges-lès-Nevers
Decize
Dun Sur Grandry
Fléty
Fleury-sur-Loire
Fourchambault
Fours
L'Huis-St Jacques
La Collancelle
La Machine
Marigny-sur-Yonne
Montreuillon
Moulins-Engilbert
Neuchaise
Outeloup
Rémilly
Saint-Benin-d'Azy
Saint-Franchy
Saint-Honoré-les-Bains
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
Villapourçon

Latitude: 47°3'36"N
Longitude: 3°37'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.06,3.6325

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutunite
BaryteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
CyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzRaspiteRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite
TourmalineZircon

83 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Billietite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parsonsite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Raspite  (*)Renardite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1522382793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1522218803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21521992162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)252188,522372734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21522353092
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O152238194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS252238,522399052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6352189,52215,52216919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O452202,52203,52213,522141272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2652188,52189,52191,52192,52215,522165509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1552188,52189,52190,52191,52192,52193,52215,52216,52219,52226,52235,52236,52237,52238,5223911547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2152235606
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6352236,52238,52239413
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O252202,5222538
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1521861966
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61521881633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)652205,52207,52215,52216,52227,5223527770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2252238,52239178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21521865171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)652188,52189,52215,52216,52237,522394979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2352184,52216,5223727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1521883531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81521861756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3252199,522101797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS652184,52188,52215,52216,52236,522384165
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2252215,52216179
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O15222582
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2252192,522359895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21752184,52188,52189,52190,52191,52192,52193,52202,52203,52212,52214,52215,52216,52219,52235,52238,522399617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1152188,52189,52191,52192,52193,52202,52216,52219,52237,52238,5223924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)452184,52216,52227,522387437
Gold  (*)CopperAu352199,52210,5223330554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O452191,52205,52215,522166890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3752184,52186,52188,52202,52216,52238,5223914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3252199,522105433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6552216,52236,52237,52238,522392228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4252188,522075591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2152235234
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O152216593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)152239581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4252199,5221014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2752188,52189,52191,52192,52215,52216,5223712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21521885674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl352192,52236,522371107
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1522071508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2252224,5223517380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O152188471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)352192,52215,52216492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1522212349
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)215221363
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O352186,52238,52239428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21152184,52189,52191,52202,52205,52215,52216,52235,52236,52237,5223839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl852184,52188,52189,52192,52215,52216,52236,522371725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81522059056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21452184,52188,52201,52202,52203,52214,52215,52216,52219,52224,52225,52228,52230,5223561156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)252238,5223926
Renardite  (*)NonePb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4·7H2O1522027
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2152189454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21521995614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl152217105
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)352186,52199,522384894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1521992705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O352186,52238,522391153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O152216292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1521896417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1522385186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)452189,52190,52215,522162473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O252215,52216105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS952188,52189,52190,52192,52202,52215,52216,52238,5223921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4252199,522121934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)152199978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31521883418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)252238,52239156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS352236,52238,522392045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13352215,52216,522395317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O452184,52188,52202,522161059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2452188,52202,52203,522142718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O252213,5222589
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O252202,52214890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O252202,5222594
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4352188,52236,522371655
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)352192,52215,5221660
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1521995251



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