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Locality Name:
Poule-les-Echarmeaux, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 252837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poule-les-Echarmeaux, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chanrion Mine
Longefay Mine

Latitude: 46°8'2"N
Longitude: 4°30'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.133888888889,4.505

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 Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBrochantiteCalcite
CaledoniteCarminiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeFluoriteLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedriteWurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Y)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Segnitite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O15197290
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)251971,519722734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1519729052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1519711272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21519715509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)251971,5197211547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2151972172
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61519721633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15197127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6251971,51972359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2151972178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)251971,519724979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215197227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1519723531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1519723846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4151972175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1519724165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1519722970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)151972378
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)151972220
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O15197285
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2251971,519729617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS251971,5197224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1519727437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS151972717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315197114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O251971,519721689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2151972201
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O251971,51972593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2151972265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2251971,51972987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2251971,5197212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21519725674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO151971202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1519721107
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O151971144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251971,5197239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl251971,519721725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2251971,5197261156
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6151972134
Silver  (*)CopperAg1519725186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS251971,5197221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS251971,519722045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131519721803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1519711059
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4251971,519721655



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