Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Château-Chinon, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

mindat Locality ID: 285321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Château-Chinon, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Alligny En Morvan

Latitude: 47°12'2"N
Longitude: 4°10'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.200555555556,4.1780555555556

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Clay Corundum Covellite Fluorite Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	52188	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	52188	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	52188	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	52188	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	52188	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	52188	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	52188	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	52188	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	52188	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	52188	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	52188	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	52188	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	52188	5674
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	52188	471
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	52188	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	52188	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	52188	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	52188	3418
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	52188	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	52188	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	52188	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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