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Locality Name:
Gilly-sur-Loire, Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


mindat Locality ID: 280375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gilly-sur-Loire, Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chavence Quarry

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: Al As Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si Sn U W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMicaNoneQuartz
RutileTopazZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1522518803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1522519052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21522515171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215225127198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)152251551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21522519617
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41522515591
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1522514924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215225117380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215225161156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1522511153
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21522511476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1522511059
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)152251939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1522515251



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