Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beaulieu, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 285053
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285053.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaulieu, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Beaulieu River Alluvials
Journiac
Thynières Gully Alluvials

Latitude: 45°27'28"N
Longitude: 2°31'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.457777777778,2.5219444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Copper	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Corundum ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Copper Corundum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel Staurolite Titanite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	50537,50539	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	50537	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	50539,50540	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	50540	11547
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	50537,50539,50540	1797
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	50537,50539,50540	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	50537,50539,50540	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	50537,50539	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	50537,50539,50540	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	50537,50539,50540	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	50537	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	50537,50539,50540	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	50537,50539,50540	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3	50537,50539,50540	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	50537,50539	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	3	50537,50539,50540	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	50537,50539,50540	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	50537,50539,50540	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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