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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

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 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: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerthierite
BerylBournoniteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteDervilliteDiaspore
DigeniteEnargiteFluoriteGarnetMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePolybasitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibnite
TalcTetrahedriteTourmalineWurtziteXanthoconite

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 nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S250965,509682793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1509682734
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4550942,50947,50952,50953,50955708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb150968363
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS615096862
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS550948,50950,50951,50964,509689052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O250958,509601272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1050961,50963,50964,50965,50966,50967,50968,50969,50970,5097211547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4150968343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181509594286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi250948,509511966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3250948,509511935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31509651089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)250965,509684979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1509685707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215096827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41509533902
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16150968227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS250965,509684165
Dervillite  (*)DervilliteAg2AsS21509684
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8150968126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1509681027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4250965,50968910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6150942944
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2350963,50965,509689617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12250965,50968663
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1515096855
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS350963,50965,5096824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)650948,50950,50951,50964,50966,509687437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31509551544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315096414640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4350947,50952,50953407
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O15094749
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4150955359
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4150968198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4350947,50952,5095314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2450948,50951,50965,509685674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2350951,50959,5096417380
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)215096063
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]150968249
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17150968100
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]150968716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3150968733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31509681425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2550948,50951,50964,50965,5096839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1509681725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8350948,50951,509689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21050946,50948,50950,50951,50958,50959,50963,50964,50965,5096861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2250942,509515614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)250951,509592705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O450948,50950,50951,509641153
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS315096864
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21150968165
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS250965,5096821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31509683418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2250947,509523337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131509681803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O250946,509581059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2250942,509472562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21509602718
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3150955212
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O150947652
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS315096889



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