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Locality Name:
Molèdes, Massiac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 285912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Molèdes, Massiac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fournial Mine

Latitude: 45°15'18"N
Longitude: 3°3'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.255,3.0583333333333
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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperGypsumMarcasiteNickelineNone
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hocartite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1506582793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21506583092
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS615065862
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1506589052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15065811547
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS615065891
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21506585171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215065827198
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8150658126
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21506589895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12150658663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3150658105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15065824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1506586890
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS415065831
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14150658784
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21506585674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2150658300
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]150658716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31506581425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215065839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81506589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215065861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1506585186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15065821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4150658668


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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