Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Blesle, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 54308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54308.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blesle, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grenier-Montgon
Le Cheylat
Le Terret

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	Berthierite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Epsomite	Hexahydrite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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: As Au C Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Berthierite Chalcopyrite Copper Epsomite Hexahydrite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	50873,50875,50878,50880,50882,50884	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	4	50878,50880,50882,50884	343
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	50878,50880,50882	27198
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	50885	484
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	50875,50878	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	50878,50880,50882	2812
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	50885	251
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	50878,50880,50882	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	50873,50878,50880,50881,50882,50884,50885	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	50875,50876,50878,50879,50880,50881,50882,50883,50884,50885	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	50878,50880,50882	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	50884	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	10	50875,50876,50878,50879,50880,50881,50882,50883,50884,50885	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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