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Locality Name:
Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 46489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Ally
Blassac
Cerzat
Chilhac
La Balstinde (La Balstingue)
Martin Gallery
Saint-Cirgues
Saint-Ilpize
Saint-Privat-du-Dragon
Villeneuve D'Allier

Latitude: 45°10'38"N
Longitude: 3°24'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.177222222222,3.4066666666667

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 Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryte
BerthieriteBerylBismutiteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CopperCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
GeocroniteKaoliniteKlebelsbergiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMiniumNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSapphirineSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStauroliteStibniteTalc
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

114 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Awaruite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corrensite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferro-pargasite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gedrite  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Hydrobiotite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Klebelsbergite  (*)
Kulkeite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S251033,510362793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2251043,510673419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)351043,51047,510598803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31510472353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2651045,51049,51051,51055,51058,510612162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51510431310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31510471534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1510332734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21510413092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)351047,51053,510621036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2151041718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4551041,51043,51065,51066,51067708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb251016,51021363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1551013,51016,51017,51021,51023,51024,51033,51035,51036,51038,51040,51041,51055,51056,510589052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6751031,51046,51047,51049,51051,51061,510622060
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe151041166
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)751013,51024,51033,51036,51037,51055,5105611547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4651014,51016,51017,51019,51023,51040343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7351014,51033,51036450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3151038214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1510381966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31510381935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)151038716
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11151058843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3551013,51022,51024,51033,510581089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1151022,51023,51033,51041,51043,51047,51058,51059,51065,51066,5106727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21510585171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)551022,51025,51033,51036,510584979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S251022,510335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2651013,51016,51028,51033,51035,5104027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4251041,51043951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81510411756
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181510411008
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O15106749
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3851031,51043,51045,51047,51053,51055,51061,510621797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS451022,51033,51036,510584165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)151047481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S251022,510331027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61510594135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21510419895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4151025910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6651041,51043,51047,51065,51066,51067944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)351043,51047,510598173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4251022,51033163
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)151038551
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)215106254
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1510411188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12151036663
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1515102355
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS751022,51024,51028,51033,51042,51055,5105824243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2551041,51043,51065,51066,51067178
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23151058133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)551035,51036,51040,51056,510587437
Gold  (*)CopperAu551016,51038,51046,51055,5105830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC251023,510412812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31510471544
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS151019170
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2151041205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3951036,51041,51046,51049,51051,51055,51058,51061,5106214640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4251041,51047407
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O351041,51066,5106749
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3651035,51040,51043,51045,51055,510615433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41510375591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2151014230
Klebelsbergite  (*)KlebelsbergiteSb3+4O4(SO4)(OH)215101416
Kulkeite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.3Mg8Al(Si,Al)8O20(OH)101510417
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4551046,51049,51051,51055,510611507
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4351041,51043,51067359
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2251041,51062238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)451041,51065,51066,510671487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41151031,51041,51043,51045,51046,51047,51049,51051,51055,51061,5106214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2251033,5103612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2551021,51023,51036,51040,510415674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2151043168
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS351035,51041,510431066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1510251107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4151022247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2751016,51033,51037,51041,51043,51047,5105517380
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2651041,51047,51051,51053,51055,51062313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81510351512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2351041,51055,510662273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21510661898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31510361425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21251016,51017,51019,51022,51023,51035,51036,51040,51041,51045,51046,5105839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl351022,51025,510361725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8551035,51036,51040,51041,510589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22251014,51019,51020,51021,51022,51023,51024,51028,51033,51036,51037,51038,51040,51041,51043,51049,51051,51055,51056,51058,51059,5106161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21151016,51035,51040,51045,51046,51047,51049,51051,51055,51061,510625614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]251047,51062129
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)351036,51045,510582705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1510381153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21351020,51022,51024165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)451022,51023,51041,510436417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5851031,51043,51045,51046,51049,51051,51055,510611516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1510225186
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)15104077
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1051016,51017,51022,51023,51024,51028,51033,51036,51040,5105821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4351041,51047,510621934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)251055,51061978
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)251016,51021446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31051013,51014,51016,51017,51019,51021,51023,51028,51037,510403418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS151022332
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2451041,51043,51065,510663337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S151038510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13351023,51033,510635317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1151031,51035,51045,51046,51047,51049,51051,51055,51059,51061,510624899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2351041,51043,510672562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O751041,51043,51047,51053,51062,51065,51066652
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4151035380
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O15105973
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)251045,51046939
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42351021,51022,51023228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)951031,51045,51046,51049,51051,51055,51059,51061,510625251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)351043,51047,510591025



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