Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Puy-Guillaume, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 207
Youngest recorded age at locality: 205

mindat Locality ID: 24329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24329.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puy-Guillaume, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lachaux
Philibin

Latitude: 45°57'56"N
Longitude: 3°35'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.965555555556,3.5841666666667

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite
Caledonite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Enargite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Schoepite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zippeite	Zircon

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite
Caledonite Carminite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Diaspore Enargite
Fluorite Gypsum Linarite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Schoepite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zippeite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Dewindtite ()*
Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ianthinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Kintoreite ()*
Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Masuyite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Opal ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Parsonsite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schoepite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Uranopilite ()*	Zippeite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	51796	315
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			3	51796,51798,51807	2734
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	51798	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	51796,51798	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	207	205	11	51796,51797,51798,51800,51801,51803,51804,51805,51806,51807,51808	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	51798	5509
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	207	205	1	51797	92
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			4	51795,51798,51803,51808	413
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	51796	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	51796	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			2	51798,51808	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂			2	51795,51798	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	207	205	3	51797,51798,51801	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	207	205	2	51797,51810	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	207	205	7	51796,51797,51798,51801,51803,51807,51810	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	51796	566
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			4	51796,51798,51801,51807	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	207	205	6	51796,51797,51798,51801,51808,51810	4165
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂			1	51798	179
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	207	205	9	51795,51797,51798,51803,51804,51805,51806,51807,51808	82
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	51796	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			8	51796,51798,51803,51804,51805,51806,51807,51808	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	207	205	9	51796,51797,51798,51799,51801,51803,51807,51808,51810	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	51810	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			2	51796,51798	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	207	205	2	51797,51808	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	207	205	8	51796,51797,51798,51802,51803,51806,51807,51810	14640
Ianthinite ()*	None	U⁴⁺₂(UO₂)₄O₆(OH)₄·9H₂O	207	205	2	51797,51803	31
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	207	205	5	51797,51798,51801,51807,51808	198
Kintoreite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	51801	41
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	207	205	2	51797,51798	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	51798	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	207	205	2	51797,51798	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	51796	5674
Masuyite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)₃O₃(OH)₂·3H₂O			1	51803	23
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	207	205	2	51797,51808	443
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			2	51795,51808	1107
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	207	205	8	51796,51797,51798,51801,51803,51807,51808,51810	2994
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	207	205	3	51797,51798,51803	144
Parsonsite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)(PO₄)₂	207	205	12	51795,51796,51797,51798,51799,51801,51803,51804,51805,51806,51807,51808	63
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	207	205	6	51796,51797,51798,51802,51806,51810	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	207	205	3	51796,51797,51798	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	207	205	13	51796,51797,51798,51799,51801,51802,51803,51804,51805,51806,51807,51808,51810	61156
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	207	205	1	51797	94
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	51808	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			5	51796,51798,51801,51803,51807	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2	51798,51808	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	51796	1803
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	207	205	11	51796,51797,51798,51801,51803,51804,51805,51806,51807,51808,51810	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	207	205	8	51796,51797,51798,51802,51803,51806,51808,51810	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	207	205	7	51797,51798,51803,51804,51805,51806,51808	890
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	207	205	1	51797	94
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄			1	51810	175

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000824	207	205	207-205	U-Pb			uraninite				Uraninite	Uraninite	U	12929	Bigay Mine, Lachaux, Puy-Guillaume, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	Bigay Mine	Chervet et al. (1953)		CEAR_236

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