Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vabres, Saint-Flour, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 53968
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53968.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vabres, Saint-Flour, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Griffonyaire
Le Joucadou
Vabres Vein

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Covellite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Scheelite	Tourmaline

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: Al As Au B Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si Sn Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Covellite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Scheelite Tourmaline

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	50770,50771,50772	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	50771	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	50771	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	50771	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	50771	2970
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	50771	551
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	50770,50771	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	50772	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	50770,50771,50772	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	50770,50771,50772	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	50772	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	50771	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	50771	2705

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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