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Locality Name:
Dahu Mine (Daü Mine; Dahut Mine), Lubilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 46457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dahu Mine (Daü Mine; Dahut Mine), Lubilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Benedetti Veins
Charduchy Vein & Pelouze Vein
Combelajacqé Veins (Combe Lajeac Veins)
Combeliou Veins (Combillou Veins)
Dahu Vein (Le Cerisier Vein)
Le Serpent Vein (Codracot Vein)
Pied-Brut Vein (Le Bois Du Seigneur Vein)
Taidevèze Veins

Latitude: 45°15'34"N
Longitude: 3°13'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.259444444444,3.2297222222222

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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteEpsomiteGypsumMelanterite
NonePyriteQuartzSphaleriteStibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS751132,51133,51134,51135,51136,51137,511389052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)451133,51136,51137,5113911547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4251137,51138343
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215113727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1511374165
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O151138484
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1511336890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14151137784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2351136,51137,51138230
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O151138915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2851132,51133,51134,51135,51136,51137,51138,5113939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2851132,51133,51134,51135,51136,51137,51138,5113961156
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O30179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1511386417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS551133,51135,51136,51137,5113821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3851132,51133,51134,51135,51136,51137,51138,511393418



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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