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Locality Name:
Sainte-Marguerite, Paulhaguet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 49095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sainte-Marguerite, Paulhaguet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Combe
La Dérochade
Le Viallard

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteFluoriteKaoliniteMarcasiteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTourmaline

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
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 groupTiO21512022162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS251201,512029052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)351201,51202,5120311547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31512021089
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1512025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215120227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1512024165
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8251202,51203126
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4151202163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2351201,51202,512039617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12251202,51203663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15120324243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41512025591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415120214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21512015674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1512021508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215120217380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]151202716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31512021425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251201,5120239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81512019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2351201,51202,5120361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21512025614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1512022705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1512021153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS251202,5120321482


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