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


mindat Locality ID: 263433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaméane, Sauxillanges, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Amethyst Occurrences
Chaméane Uranium Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Se Si Tl U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteAutuniteBukoviteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteJohanniteLöllingiteMeta-autuniteNone
PentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Athabascaite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bukovite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chaméanite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Eskebornite  (*)Eucairite  (*)
Geffroyite  (*)Giraudite-(Zn)  (*)Hematite  (*)Johannite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21518813092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1518819052
Athabascaite  (*)NoneCu5Se415188118
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O251880,518811272
Bukovite  (*)BukoviteCu4Tl2Se415188111
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215188127198
Chaméanite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)4As(Se,S)41518814
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe151881281
Eskebornite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeSe215188126
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe15188154
Geffroyite  (*)Pentlandite(Cu,Fe,Ag)9Se815188110
Giraudite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)As4Se131518817
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315188114640
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O15188169
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2151881762
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O151881388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O151881443
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215188139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2251880,5188161156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131518815317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O251880,518811059
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se215188171
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21518812718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O151881890


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