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Locality Name:
Chavaniac-Lafayette, Paulhaguet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 53468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chavaniac-Lafayette, Paulhaguet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Bade (Le Mazel)
Les Sausses Mine

Latitude: 45°10'3"N
Longitude: 3°34'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.1675,3.5794444444444
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDiaspore
EnargiteFluoriteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtziteZinkenite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1511652793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21511652162
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O151164194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1511659052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)251164,5116511547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31511651089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2251164,5116527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1511654165
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8151165126
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4151165910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2251164,511659617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12151165663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15116524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1511647437
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61511652228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21511655674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2251164,5116517380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS151165767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215116539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81511659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2251164,5116561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21511655614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15116521482
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42151165228


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