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:
Ferrussac, Pinols, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 54323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferrussac, Pinols, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Unnamed Barite Vein
Varennes 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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Jalpaite
Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Jalpaite
Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	51223	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	51223	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	51223,51224	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	51223	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	51223	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	51223	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	51223	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	51223	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	51223	4165
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	51223	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	51223	24243
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	51223	116
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	51224	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	51223	5674
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	51223	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	51223	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	51223	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	51223	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	51223	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	51223	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	51223,51224	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	51223	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	51223	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	51223	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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