Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
La Chaise-Dieu, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 51986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Chaise-Dieu, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Berbezit
Cistrières
Connangles
Lachaux
Les Prades Uranium Deposit
Saint-Pal-de-Senouire

Latitude: 45°20'51"N
Longitude: 3°34'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.3475,3.5783333333333

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Berthierite
Beryl	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Dervillite	Diaspore
Digenite	Enargite	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Berthierite
Beryl Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corrensite Corundum Covellite Dervillite Diaspore
Digenite Enargite Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite
Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Wurtzite Xanthoconite

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Antimony ()*	Argyrodite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dervillite ()*
Diaphorite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Fülöppite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Luzonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Parsonsite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uvarovite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	50965,50968	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	50968	2734
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	50942,50947,50952,50953,50955	708
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	50968	363
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	50968	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	50948,50950,50951,50964,50968	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	50958,50960	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	10	50961,50963,50964,50965,50966,50967,50968,50969,50970,50972	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	50968	343
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	50959	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	50948,50951	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	50948,50951	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	50965	1089
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	50965,50968	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	50968	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	50968	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	50953	3902
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	50968	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	50965,50968	4165
Dervillite ()*	Dervillite	Ag₂AsS₂	1	50968	4
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	50968	126
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	50968	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2	50965,50968	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	50942	944
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	50963,50965,50968	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	50965,50968	663
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	1	50968	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	50963,50965,50968	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	6	50948,50950,50951,50964,50966,50968	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	50955	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	50964	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	3	50947,50952,50953	407
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	50947	49
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	50955	359
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	50968	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	50947,50952,50953	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	50948,50951,50965,50968	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	50951,50959,50964	17380
Parsonsite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)(PO₄)₂	1	50960	63
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	50968	249
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	50968	100
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	50968	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	50968	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	50968	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	50948,50951,50964,50965,50968	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	50968	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	50948,50951,50968	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	50946,50948,50950,50951,50958,50959,50963,50964,50965,50968	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	50942,50951	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	50951,50959	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	4	50948,50950,50951,50964	1153
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	1	50968	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	50968	165
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	50965,50968	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	50968	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	50947,50952	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	50968	1803
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	50946,50958	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	50942,50947	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	50960	2718
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	50955	212
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	50947	652
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	1	50968	89

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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