Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 252834
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252834.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blot-l'Église
Menat Mine
Saint-Pardoux

Latitude: 46°1'43"N
Longitude: 2°56'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.028611111111,2.9494444444444

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Kieserite	Linarite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Baryte ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Linarite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Caledonite Chalcopyrite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Kieserite Linarite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	51724	11547
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	51724	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	51724	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	51724	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	51727	1008
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	51724	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	51724	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	51726	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	51726	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	51724	987
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	51726	5674
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	51725	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	51726	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	51724	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	51724,51727	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	51724	21482
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	51726	139
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	51726	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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