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Locality Name:
Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 316
Youngest recorded age at locality: 316

mindat Locality ID: 50975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dorat
Lezoux
Ris
Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle
Vollore-Ville

Latitude: 45°54'0"N
Longitude: 3°27'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.9,3.4575
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 Ba Ca Co Cu Fe H Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAndalusiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumFluoriteNone
Not in a structural groupPhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Curite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Opal  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23163161519012162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO53163161519011310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3163161519019052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3163161519061272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)31631615190311547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11316316151908843
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2316316251905,5190727198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS316316151907966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O316316151906566
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33163161519011797
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O31631615190651
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O31631615190682
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12316316151907663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS316316251901,5190724243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3316316251901,5190514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O431631615190114899
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3163161519062994
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS316316151907767
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O316316151906144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2316316351901,51905,5190639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23163161519053106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2316316451902,51905,51906,5190761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2316316251901,519055614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3163161519014899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3163161519061059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23163161519062718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3163161519015251


1 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
Giersdorf_00000697316316316 age that the volcanism in the area was closed off      50975Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceThiers regionCuney (1978)10.2113/gsecongeo.73.8.1567EG73_1567Age for the kersantite sills of the Thiers region

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