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Locality Name:
La Rodde Mine, Ally, Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 52099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Rodde Mine, Ally, Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Annie Veins
Jancenet North Vein
Jancenet South Vein
Saint-Paul Vein (Les Romains Vein)
Saint-Thomas Vein
Sainte-Cécile Vein

Latitude: 45°9'12"N
Longitude: 3°19'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.153333333333,3.3269444444444

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteCopperCovellite
DigeniteMarcasiteMiniumNonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteZinkenite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Minium  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb151021363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS351021,51023,510249052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15102411547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4251019,51023343
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3251022,510241089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)251022,5102327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1510224979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1510225707
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1510224165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1510221027
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4151022163
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1515102355
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS251022,5102424243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1510232812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS151019170
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2251021,510235674
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4151022247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2351019,51022,5102339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1510221725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2651019,51020,51021,51022,51023,5102461156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21351020,51022,51024165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)251022,510236417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1510225186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS351022,51023,5102421482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)151021446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3351019,51021,510233418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS151022332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131510235317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42351021,51022,51023228



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