Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Saint-Eloy-les-Mines, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 46563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Eloy-les-Mines, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Durmignat
Montignat

Latitude: 46°11'11"N
Longitude: 2°53'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.186388888889,2.8894444444444

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.

Baryte	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Topaz

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 Ba F Fe K O S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Feldspar None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Topaz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	51867	5171
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	51867	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	51867	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	51865	1516
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	51867	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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