Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Molèdes, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 48867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Molèdes, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Conche-Bas
Vèze

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Löllingite
Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo Na O S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Berthierite Chalcopyrite Columbite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Löllingite
Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	8	50699,50700,50702,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	50699	343
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	4	50702,50704,50705,50707	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	50704,50707	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	50704,50705,50707	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	50699,50700,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	6	50700,50702,50704,50705,50706,50707	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2	50704,50707	802
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	3	50704,50705,50707	551
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	50701,50706	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	4	50699,50700,50704,50707	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	50701	14640
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	50704,50707	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	50704	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	50699,50700,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	50706	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	50699,50700,50701,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	50700,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	50699,50700,50701,50702,50703,50705,50706,50707	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	50700,50704,50706,50707	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	50701,50707	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	50704,50707	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	50704,50706,50707	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	4	50703,50704,50705,50707	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	50699	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	3	50700,50704,50707	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	50699	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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