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Locality Name:
Ambazac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 308

mindat Locality ID: 50992
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50992.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambazac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chedeville Quarry
La Chèze Quarry
Le Mas Barbu
Maranas-en-Ambazac
Nouaillas Quarry
Pecoud Quarry

Latitude: 46°1'52"N
Longitude: 1°22'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.031111111111,1.3738888888889

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brookite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite
Metavoltine	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Topaz ()*	Trilithionite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au B Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Brookite Clay Columbite Copper Feldspar Fluorite
Metavoltine Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	54730	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	54733	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	54730	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	54732,54733	9052
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	310	308	1	54729	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	310	308	4	54729,54730,54731,54734	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	54733	700
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	310	308	1	54729	280
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	310	308	2	54729,54730	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	310	308	1	54729	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	310	308	1	54729	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	310	308	1	54729	520
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	310	308	1	54729	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	310	308	1	54729	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	54730,54732,54733	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	54732	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	54732	30554
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O			1	54732	78
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	54733	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	310	308	2	54729,54730	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	54730	2349
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	310	308	2	54729,54730	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	54732,54733	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	54732,54733	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	54732	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	310	308	2	54729,54730	1476
Trilithionite ()*	Mica	KLi_1.5Al_1.5(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	310	308	1	54729	28
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	310	308	1	54729	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	310	308	1	54729	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_018	310	308	309±1	Ar/Ar			lepidolite							49949	Chedeville Quarry, Ambazac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Chedeville	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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