Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Meallet, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 286398
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286398.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meallet, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Drulhes
La Fagotaire

Latitude: 45°16'10"N
Longitude: 2°25'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.269444444444,2.4275

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	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcopyrite None Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*
Galena ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	50688,50689	9052
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	50688,50689	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	50689	27198
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	50689	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	50689	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	50688,50689	24243
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	50688,50689	1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	50688,50689	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	50688,50689	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	50689	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	50688	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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