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Locality Name:
La Ribeyrette & La Fauvette Valleys (La Fioure; La Fiouve), Jax, Paulhaguet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 49587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Ribeyrette & La Fauvette Valleys (La Fioure; La Fiouve), Jax, Paulhaguet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Jax Veins
L'Hermet
Loubeyrat
Pouzols Mine

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

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 Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCovelliteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteKieseriteLöllingite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTourmaline

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1511762793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1511798803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1511762734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS351176,51177,511799052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)251176,5117811547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1511791966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31511791935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31511761089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15117627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1511765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2351176,51177,5117927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1511764165
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4151176163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2251176,511789617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12151176663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15117624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15117930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1511792812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1511796890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2151179762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2251176,511795674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215117917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]151176716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31511761425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2351176,51177,5117939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8351176,51177,511799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2351176,51177,5117961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21511795614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)251177,511792705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O251177,511791153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15117621482
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O151179139
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S151179510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3151179297



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