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Locality Name:
Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe Vein), Échassières, Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 336.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 332.7

mindat Locality ID: 1669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe Vein), Échassières, Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°11'54"N
Longitude: 2°57'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.198333333333,2.9638888888889
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U V W Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryte
BerauniteBerylBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDufréniteFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteFritzscheiteGypsum
KaoliniteLazuliteLepidocrociteLeucophosphiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNatrochalcite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerhamitePharmacosideritePhosphofibritePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartz
RaspiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteSulphurTetrahedriteTopazTurquoise
VivianiteWarditeWavelliteWurtziteZircon

123 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bergenite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)
Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Curienite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Dumontite  (*)Elyite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Francevillite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heinrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hentschelite  (*)
Hidalgoite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hügelite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Kidwellite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mawbyite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Meurigite-K  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Parsonsite  (*)Perhamite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)
Reichenbachite  (*)Robertsite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Thometzekite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tsumebite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranotungstite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S336.1332.702793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)336.1332.708803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5336.1332.701310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)336.1332.702734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4336.1332.70246
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)336.1332.7024
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O336.1332.70194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS336.1332.709052
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)336.1332.7037
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O336.1332.701272
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O336.1332.70150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)336.1332.7011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2336.1332.70172
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O336.1332.70136
Bergenite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2Ba4(UO2)9O6(PO4)6·16H2O336.1332.709
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18336.1332.704286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3336.1332.70214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi336.1332.701966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4336.1332.705516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6336.1332.701633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr336.1332.70227
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O336.1332.70280
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6336.1332.70359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2336.1332.70178
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O336.1332.701184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2336.1332.705171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)336.1332.704979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2336.1332.7027198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O336.1332.7077
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O336.1332.7070
Copper  (*)CopperCu336.1332.703846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18336.1332.701008
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6336.1332.70151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16336.1332.70227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS336.1332.704165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6336.1332.70310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16336.1332.70599
Curienite  (*)FritzscheitePb(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O336.1332.7015
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O336.1332.7060
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O336.1332.7082
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16336.1332.70300
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O336.1332.70139
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O336.1332.7020
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O336.1332.7085
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)336.1332.70551
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O336.1332.7040
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F336.1332.702740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2336.1332.709617
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O336.1332.7043
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12336.1332.70663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS336.1332.7024243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O336.1332.7041
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)336.1332.707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu336.1332.7030554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6336.1332.70121
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS336.1332.70717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O336.1332.706890
Heinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O336.1332.7018
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3336.1332.7014640
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2336.1332.7020
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6336.1332.7057
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6336.1332.7082
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16336.1332.70243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)336.1332.70469
Hügelite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3(AsO4)2O2·5H2O336.1332.708
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH336.1332.70367
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI336.1332.70180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6336.1332.702228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4336.1332.705591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O336.1332.70198
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)336.1332.7053
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6336.1332.7041
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O336.1332.70593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2336.1332.70265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)336.1332.70581
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O336.1332.70110
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2336.1332.70987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2336.1332.7012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2336.1332.705674
Mawbyite  (*)NatrochalcitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2336.1332.7019
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O336.1332.70443
Meurigite-K  (*)PhosphofibriteKFe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·6.5H2O336.1332.7021
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)336.1332.704924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl336.1332.701107
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O336.1332.70129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2336.1332.705800
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)336.1332.7017
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2336.1332.7017380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O336.1332.7046
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6336.1332.70254
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)2336.1332.7063
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O336.1332.7019
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O336.1332.70428
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O336.1332.70182
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6336.1332.70170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2336.1332.7039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl336.1332.701725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8336.1332.709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2336.1332.7061156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)336.1332.7026
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4336.1332.7026
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O336.1332.7036
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O336.1332.701153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6336.1332.70134
Silver  (*)CopperAg336.1332.705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS336.1332.7021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4336.1332.70668
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)336.1332.70156
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O336.1332.70263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS336.1332.702045
Thometzekite  (*)NatrochalcitePbCu2+2(AsO4)2·2H2O336.1332.7010
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2336.1332.701476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O336.1332.701059
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)336.1332.7032
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O336.1332.70484
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O336.1332.7089
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O336.1332.70890
Uranotungstite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2W2O8(OH)2·H2O336.1332.706
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl336.1332.70605
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O336.1332.70301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O336.1332.70636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O336.1332.70374
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)336.1332.705251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_490Les Montmins of the Echassières deposit


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_490336.1332.7334.4±1.7U-PbAge of wolframite crystallizationwolframiteMTM-1    1669Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe Vein), Échassières, Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceLes MontminsHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Age of wolframite crystallization

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