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:
Marmaissat, Lanau, Torsiac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 54640
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54640.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marmaissat, Lanau, Torsiac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Auzel Vein (East Vein)
Jourde Vein (Pradier Vein)
La Forge Vein (Giraud Vein)
Le Cerisier Vein (West Vein)
Le Chêne Vein & La Fontaine Annette Vein
Le Treuil Vein
Les Besseyres Vein & Chazal Vein
Ravine 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	Berthierite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Gold ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Berthierite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Digenite None Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	51286	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	51282,51283,51284,51286,51288	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	7	51281,51282,51283,51284,51285,51286,51288	343
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	51284	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	51286	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	51284	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	51283,51284	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	51284	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	51284	1027
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	51282,51283,51284,51286,51287,51288	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	51284	784
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	51281,51282,51283,51284,51285,51286,51287,51288	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	51281,51282,51283,51284,51285,51286,51287,51288	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	51286	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	51283,51284,51286,51288	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	8	51281,51282,51283,51284,51285,51286,51287,51288	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	51283,51284	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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