Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Mercoeur, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 59680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mercoeur, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chazelles-Haut (Chazelle)
La Bessade Mine

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.

Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Marcasite
None	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zinkenite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierine ()*	Berthierite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chapmanite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*
Fülöppite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Al As Au Ba C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Marcasite
None Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zinkenite

30 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	2	51149,51151	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	51146	11547
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	51146	59
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	3	51146,51149,51151	343
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	51148	843
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	51149,51151	27198
Chapmanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂Sb³⁺(Si₂O₅)O₃(OH)	2	51150,51151	31
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	51146	126
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	51149	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	51146	105
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	1	51149	55
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	51149,51151	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	51151	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	51149	784
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	51151	230
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	51151	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	51149	300
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	51151	428
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	51146	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	51149,51150,51151	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	51147,51148,51149,51150,51151	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	51148	165
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	51151	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	51149	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	51149,51151	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	51147,51148,51149,51151	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	51151	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	51149	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	51150	369
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	51149	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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