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


mindat Locality ID: 282322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chalmoux, Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chizeuil Mine
Chizeuil Mountain

Latitude: 46°35'6"N
Longitude: 3°52'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.585,3.8769444444444

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 Au Ba C Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargite
GermaniteKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMelanteriteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Colusite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kësterite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Vinciennite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1522489052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21522495509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)252248,5224911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41522485516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1522485707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215224827198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16152248110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1522484165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)152248481
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4152248910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15224824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1522497437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15224830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315224914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41522485591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS415224882
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)252248,52249581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215224912537
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS815224892
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O152249915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21522485800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215224839462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2152248771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215224861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21522485614
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4152248668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1215224880
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6152248105
Vinciennite  (*)NoneCu10Fe4SnAsS1615224813



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