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Locality Name:
Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 296.8

mindat Locality ID: 264296
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264296.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Jouhe
La Fosse Profonde (La Poudrière)
La Garde (Lagarde)
Vaulry Ore Dressing Floors

Latitude: 46°2'33"N
Longitude: 1°4'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.0425,1.0725

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Betpakdalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Löllingite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Symplesite
Tungstite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Lindgrenite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Russellite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*
Symplesite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 Ba Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Betpakdalite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Connellite Copper Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Löllingite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Symplesite
Tungstite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	310	310	1	54823	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	310	310	3	54822,54823,54824	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	310	310	2	54822,54823	11547
Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*	Betpakdalite	[Ca₂(H₂O)₁₇Ca(H₂O)₆][Mo⁶⁺₈As⁵⁺₂Fe³⁺₃O₃₆(OH)]	310	310	1	54823	15
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	310	310	1	54823	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	310	310	1	54823	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	310	310	2	54823,54824	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	310	310	3	54822,54823,54824	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	310	310	1	54823	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	310	310	2	54823,54824	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	310	310	1	54823	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	310	310	2	54823,54824	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	310	310	1	54823	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	310	310	1	54823	2970
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	310	310	2	54823,54824	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	310	310	2	54823,54824	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	310	310	1	54823	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	310	310	1	54824	30554
Lindgrenite ()*	None	Cu₃(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₂(OH)₂	310	310	1	54823	21
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	310	310	2	54823,54824	762
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	310	310	3	54822,54823,54824	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	310	310	1	54823	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	310	310	1	54823	492
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	310	310	2	54823,54824	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	310	310	2	54823,54824	428
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	310	310	1	54823	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	310	310	1	54822	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	310	2	54823,54824	61156
Russellite ()*	None	Bi₂WO₆	310	310	1	54824	40
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	310	310	2	54823,54824	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	310	310	2	54823,54824	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	310	2	54823,54824	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	310	1	54823	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	310	310	1	54823	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	310	310	1	54823	80
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	310	310	1	54823	92
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	310	310	2	54823,54824	118
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	310	310	2	54823,54824	56
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	310	310	1	54823	185

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_483	In the Limousin area of France, the Vaulry deposit consists of veins of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite. The veins intrude the Blond granite and metamorphic rocks and are a few centimeters in a greisenized envelope. Tungsten mineralization postdates the first period of hydrothermal alteration.
Michelle_484	In the Limousin area of France, the Vaulry deposit consists of veins of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite. The veins intrude the Blond granite and metamorphic rocks and are a few centimeters in a greisenized envelope. Tungsten mineralization postdates the first period of hydrothermal fluid introduction.
Michelle_485	In the Limousin area of France, the Vaulry deposit consists of veins of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite. The veins intrude the Blond granite and metamorphic rocks and are a few centimeters in a greisenized envelope. Tungsten mineralization postdates the first period of hydrothermal alteration.
Michelle_486	In the Limousin area of France, the Vaulry deposit consists of veins of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite. The veins intrude the Blond granite and metamorphic rocks and are a few centimeters in a greisenized envelope. Tungsten mineralization postdates the first period of hydrothermal alteration. Sample CFM-16 was collected from mineralized blocks of old mine workings containing W-bearing intragranitic quartz veins

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample 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
Mo-00360	310	310						Yes		Betpakdalite-CaCa, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite	Mo	155639	Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Vaulry	Vallance et al. (2001)	10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00093-2	T336_43
Michelle_483	305	305	305		Age of quartz mineralization in vein					Quartz		264296	Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Vaulry deposit	Harlaux et al. (2018)	10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0	MD53_21	Age of hydrothermal fluid circulation responsible for the initial quartz mineralization of the veins. This predates the introduction of ore minerals.
Michelle_484	318.2	313.6	315.9 ± 2.3	Ar-Ar	Age of alteration associated with greisen	muscovite			Muscovite			264296	Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Vaulry deposit	Harlaux et al. (2018)	10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0	MD53_21	Age of vein alteration associated with greisen. This postdates the initial quartz mineralization of the veins.
Michelle_485	311.8	310.4	311.1± 0.7	Ar-Ar	Age of biotite from vein mineralization	muscovite			Muscovite			264296	Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Vaulry deposit	Harlaux et al. (2018)	10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0	MD53_21	Age of biotite from vein mineralization. This postdates the initial quartz mineralization of the veins.
Michelle_486	299.2	296.8	298.0± 1.2	U-Pb	Age of wolframite crystallization	wolframite	CFM-16					264296	Vaulry Mines, Vaulry, Nantiat, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Vaulry deposit	Harlaux et al. (2018)	10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0	MD53_21	Interpreted as the age of the wolframite crystallization. It is younger than the Ar-Ar mica ages of 309-311 ma from the quartz-wolframite veins.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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