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Locality Name:
Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 336.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 308

mindat Locality ID: 46615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46615.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Échassières

Latitude: 46°11'57"N
Longitude: 2°58'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.199166666667,2.9669444444444
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 Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H I K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryte
BerauniteBerylBerylloniteBismutiteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcopyriteChildrenite
ChloriteClayColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDufrénite
FeldsparFluoriteFornaciteFritzscheiteGadoliniteGypsumKaoliniteLazuliteLepidocrociteLeucophosphite
LinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMatlockiteMicaMolybdeniteNatrochalciteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PerhamitePharmacosideritePhosphofibritePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzRaspiteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTripliteTurquoise
VivianiteWarditeWavelliteWurtziteZircon

159 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Antlerite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beraunite  (*)
Bergenite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)
Childrenite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Curienite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Donbassite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Dumontite  (*)Dussertite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Eosphorite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Francevillite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Heinrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hentschelite  (*)
Hidalgoite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hügelite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kamarizaite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Krásnoite  (*)
Lacroixite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mawbyite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Meurigite-K  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Parsonsite  (*)
Perhamite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)Reichenbachite  (*)
Robertsite  (*)Russellite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scorzalite  (*)
Segnitite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Thometzekite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tosudite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Tsumebite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Uranotungstite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wardite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Zavaritskite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S336.1332.71503362793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)336.1308350323,50324,503368803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F310308150324244
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5336.1332.7250333,503361310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)336.1332.71503362734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4336.1332.7150336246
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)336.1332.7250334,5033624
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O336.1332.7150336194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS336.1308450324,50327,50334,503369052
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)336.1332.715033637
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O336.1332.71503361272
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O336.1308350324,50334,50336150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)336.1308450324,50325,50334,5033611547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2336.1332.7150336172
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O336.1332.7150336136
Bergenite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2Ba4(UO2)9O6(PO4)6·16H2O336.1332.71503369
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18336.1308250324,503364286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)31030815032347
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6150334413
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3336.1308250324,50336214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi336.1308250324,503361966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)310308150324716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4336.1332.71503365516
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)431030815032459
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6336.1332.7250334,503361633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr336.1332.7150336227
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O336.1308350324,50334,50336280
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6336.1332.7150336359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2336.1308350324,50334,50336178
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O336.1332.71503361184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2336.1308850323,50324,50330,50331,50334,50335,50336,503405171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)336.1308350324,50334,503364979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3103081503245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2336.1308450324,50327,50334,5033627198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O336.1308450324,50325,50334,5033677
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O31030815032493
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O336.1308250324,5033670
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6310308150324518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6310308150324289
Copper  (*)CopperCu336.1308250324,503363846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18336.1332.71503361008
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6336.1332.7150336151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16336.1332.7150336227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS336.1308350324,50334,503364165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6336.1332.7250334,50336310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16336.1308350324,50333,50336599
Curienite  (*)FritzscheitePb(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O336.1332.715033615
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O336.1308350325,50334,5033660
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O336.1332.715033682
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16336.1332.7150336300
Donbassite  (*)Clay ChloriteAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2·Al2.33(OH)631030815032316
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O336.1332.7250334,50336139
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O336.1332.715033620
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)615033433
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O336.1332.715033685
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O310308150323128
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)336.1308450324,50331,50334,50336551
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O336.1332.715033640
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F336.1332.7250334,503362740
Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)None(Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6F31030815032418
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2336.1308350324,50334,503369617
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O336.1332.715033643
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12336.1332.7150336663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS336.1308450324,50327,50334,5033624243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O336.1332.7250334,5033641
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)336.1308450324,50325,50334,503367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu336.1308350324,50334,5033630554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6336.1308450323,50324,50334,50336121
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6310308250324,50334173
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS336.1332.7150336717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O336.1308350324,50334,503366890
Heinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O336.1332.715033618
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3336.1308450324,50325,50334,5033614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3103081503241689
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2336.1308450324,50325,50334,5033620
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6336.1332.715033657
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6336.1308350323,50324,5033682
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16336.1332.7150336243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)336.1332.7250334,50336469
Hügelite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3(AsO4)2O2·5H2O336.1332.7250334,503368
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH336.1308250324,50336367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)310308150324119
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI336.1308450324,50325,50334,50336180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6336.1308450324,50325,50334,503362228
Kamarizaite  (*)NoneFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·3H2O1503344
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4336.1308550323,50324,50335,50336,503405591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O336.1332.7150336198
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)336.1308450324,50325,50334,5033653
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6336.1308350324,50334,5033641
Krásnoite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O22.9(OH)13.3F2·8H2O1503345
Lacroixite  (*)TitaniteNaAl(PO4)F31030815032422
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O336.1332.7250334,50336593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2336.1332.7150336265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)336.1308350324,50325,50336581
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O336.1308250324,50336110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)310308150324234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2336.1332.7150336987
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4150334198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2336.1332.7250334,5033612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2336.1332.71503365674
Mawbyite  (*)NatrochalcitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2336.1332.7250334,5033619
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS831030815032492
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O336.1332.7250334,50336443
Meurigite-K  (*)PhosphofibriteKFe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·6.5H2O336.1332.715033621
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)336.1332.71503364924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl336.1332.7250334,503361107
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O336.1332.7150336129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2336.1332.71503365800
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)336.1332.715033617
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)310308250324,50340200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3103081503231508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2336.1308650323,50324,50331,50334,50335,5033617380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O336.1308350325,50334,5033646
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6336.1308350323,50324,50336254
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)2336.1308250324,5033663
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O336.1332.715033619
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O336.1332.7250334,50336428
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O336.1332.7150336182
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6336.1308350324,50334,50336170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2336.1308550325,50327,50330,50334,5033639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl336.1308350323,50324,503361725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8336.1332.71503369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2336.1308950323,50324,50325,50327,50330,50331,50334,50336,5034061156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)336.1332.7250334,5033626
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4336.1332.715033626
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O336.1332.715033636
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO631030815032440
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3103081503244894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O336.1308350324,50334,503361153
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)231030815032460
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6336.1332.7250334,50336134
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51503261516
Silver  (*)CopperAg336.1308250324,503365186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS336.1308350324,50334,5033621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4336.1308250324,50336668
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)336.1308350324,50334,50336156
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O336.1308450324,50325,50334,50336263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS336.1332.71503362045
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6310308150324211
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133103081503241803
Thometzekite  (*)NatrochalcitePbCu2+2(AsO4)2·2H2O336.1332.715033610
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2336.1308450324,50328,50330,503361476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O336.1308450324,50333,50334,503361059
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O31030815032336
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F150334233
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)336.1308250324,5033632
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O336.1308550324,50325,50334,50336,50340484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2310308250323,503242718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O336.1332.715033689
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O336.1332.7150336890
Uranotungstite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2W2O8(OH)2·H2O336.1332.71503366
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl336.1332.7150336605
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O336.1308450324,50325,50334,50336301
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)231030815032456
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O336.1332.7150336636
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O31030815032558
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O336.1308550323,50324,50327,50334,50336374
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF31030815032426
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)336.1308250324,503365251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_489La Bosse of the Echassières deposit.
Michelle_490Les Montmins of the Echassières deposit


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_019310308309±1Ar/Ar       45991Beauvoir Quarry, Échassières, Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceBeauvoirMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Michelle_489335.8331333.4±2.4U-PbAge of wolframite crystallizationwolframiteECH-X1    45994La Bosse Mine, Échassières, Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceLa Bosse graniteHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Age of wolframite crystallization. It is older than the K-Ar ages of 320-325 ma from phengites of the quartz ferberite veins.
Michelle_490336.1332.7334.4±1.7U-PbAge of wolframite crystallizationwolframiteMTM-1    1669Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe Vein), Échassières, Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceLes MontminsHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Age of wolframite crystallization

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