Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lanau, Torsiac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 54300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanau, Torsiac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Brugeilles Veins (Aubeyrat Veins)
Listvenite Outcrop
Marmaissat

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Berthierite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kulkeite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Vermiculite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Auricupride Berthierite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Corrensite Corundum Covellite Digenite Feldspar Garnet Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline
None Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	51279	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	51279	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	51278,51279,51286	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	51279	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	51279	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	51279	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7	51278,51279,51282,51283,51284,51286,51288	9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	51279	166
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	8	51278,51281,51282,51283,51284,51285,51286,51288	343
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	51284	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	51278,51279,51286	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	51284	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	51278,51283,51284	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	51279	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	51279	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	51284	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	51284	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	51279	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	51279	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	51279	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	51279	1188
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	51279	178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	51282,51283,51284,51286,51287,51288	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	51279	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	51279	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	51279	407
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	51279	49
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	51284	784
Kulkeite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.3Mg₈Al(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀	1	51279	7
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	51279	359
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	51279	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	51279	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	51279	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	51279	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	51279	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	51279	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	51279	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	51279	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	51278,51279,51281,51282,51283,51284,51285,51286,51287,51288	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	51279	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	51278,51279,51281,51282,51283,51284,51285,51286,51287,51288	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	51286	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	51278,51283,51284,51286,51288	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	51279	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	9	51278,51281,51282,51283,51284,51285,51286,51287,51288	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	51279	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	51283,51284	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	51279	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	51279	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	51278	293
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	51279	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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