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Locality Name:
Saint-Privat-du-Dragon, Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 51000
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51000.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Privat-du-Dragon, Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Belmont-l'Estaing
Cerzat
Feneyrolles
Peygerolles
Veyssaires Brook

Latitude: 45°12'41"N
Longitude: 3°25'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.211388888889,3.4286111111111

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 Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGeocroniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileSapphirineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Wairakite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1510598803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2251058,510612162
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1510621036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1510589052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6251061,510622060
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11151058843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31510581089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)251058,5105927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21510585171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1510584979
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3251061,510621797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1510584165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61510594135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1510598173
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)215106254
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15105824243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23151058133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1510587437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15105830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3351058,51061,5106214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31510615433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41510611507
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2151062238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4251061,5106214899
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2151062313
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215105839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81510589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2351058,51059,5106161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2251061,510625614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]151062129
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1510582705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51510611516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15105821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41510621934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)151061978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131510635317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O351059,51061,510624899
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O151062652
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O15105973
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)351059,51061,510625251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1510591025



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