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Locality Name:
Saugues, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 50986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saugues, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Saint-Christophe-d’Allier
Venteuges

Latitude: 44°54'12"N
Longitude: 3°35'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.903333333333,3.5836111111111
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: Al As B Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteAutuniteBrookiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalcTitanite
TourmalineZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)Gedrite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4151268708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS251267,512719052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61512642060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1512721272
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2151267700
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2251267,5127027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4151268951
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31512641797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)251269,512708173
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2151268178
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315126414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3251267,512705433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415126414899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251267,5127039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8251267,512709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2451267,51269,51270,5127161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2351264,51267,512705614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1512712705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1512711153
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41512641934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21512683337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O251267,512694899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1512721059
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O151268652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)251264,512675251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1512691025


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