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Locality Name:
Le Grand Filon (Le Chevalet Vein), Aurouze, Mazerat-Aurouze, Paulhaguet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 52154
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52154.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Grand Filon (Le Chevalet Vein), Aurouze, Mazerat-Aurouze, Paulhaguet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteBaryteBournoniteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorrensite
EnargiteFluoriteJalpaiteKaoliniteLillianiteLinariteNonePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Corrensite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160227
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O049
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS40163
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S48054
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS30105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS20116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


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