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Locality Name:
Chanceaux, Polignac, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 278871
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278871.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chanceaux, Polignac, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chalon River Alluvials

Latitude: 45°5'40"N
Longitude: 3°52'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.094444444444,3.8725
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: Al B Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayCorundumFluoriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
SpinelTitaniteTourmalineZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Corundum  (*)Fluorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61510982060
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31510981797
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21510989617
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415109814899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215109817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215109839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215109861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21510985614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1510982705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51510981516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41510981934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1510984899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1510985251


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