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Locality Name:
Chilhac, Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 50999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chilhac, Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
L'Estrade
Le Pouget - La Magdeleine Area

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteNickelineNonePentlandite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTitanite
Tourmaline

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S251033,510362793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1510332734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS351033,51035,510369052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)251033,5103611547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7251033,51036450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31510331089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15103327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)251033,510364979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1510335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2251033,5103527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS251033,510364165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1510331027
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4151033163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12151036663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15103324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)251035,510367437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315103614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31510355433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2251033,5103612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21510365674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1510351066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215103317380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81510351512
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31510361425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251035,5103639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1510361725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8251035,510369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2251033,5103661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21510355614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1510362705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS251033,5103621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131510335317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1510354899
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4151035380



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