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Locality Name:
Le Mayet-de-Montagne, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 46424
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46424.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Mayet-de-Montagne, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ferrières-sur-Sichon
Fumouse
Laprugne
Monzogranite Outcrop
Nizerolles
Saint Clément

Latitude: 46°1'18"N
Longitude: 3°42'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.021666666667,3.7144444444444

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

61 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beidellite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Corrensite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Idaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1503548803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1503562734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21503543092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS250350,503519052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1503511272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)350351,50353,5035611547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O15035485
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181503534286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1503531966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31503531935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41503535516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61503531633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15035427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21503535171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)250351,503564979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1503535707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2350351,50353,5035627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41503533902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81503541756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS150353966
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6150358518
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O15035449
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS250353,503564165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1503531027
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O15035385
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2150353246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4150356910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1503548173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)150358551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2250351,503569617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4150353445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS350351,50353,5035624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1503497437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1503536890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3250353,5035614640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4150353142
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415035314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215035312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2250350,503535674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1503544924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1503531107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21503535800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215035417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1503542349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS150350767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2450349,50350,50353,5035639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1503511725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81503509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2750349,50350,50351,50353,50354,50356,5035861156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS215035346
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21503545614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1503546417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15035321482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131503561803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131503565317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1503544899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1503511059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21503532718
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O150354652
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3150353297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41503531655



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