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Locality Name:
Bois-de-la-Roche Quarry, Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France


mindat Locality ID: 5543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bois-de-la-Roche Quarry, Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°42'54"N
Longitude: 1°29'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.715,-1.4883333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopper
CorundumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTetrahedriteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierine  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Evansite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lulzacite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pretulite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tobelite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4059
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O056
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60173
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Lulzacite  (*)NoneSr2Fe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)1001
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pretulite  (*)ZirconSc(PO4)014
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tobelite  (*)Mica(NH4)Al2(Si3Al)O10(OH)205
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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