Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Desges, Pinols, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 50991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Desges, Pinols, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Le Gaud Serpentinite
Le Gaud Veins & Le Frau Veins
Les Combettes Vein

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Corrensite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*
Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corrensite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	51220	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	51221	2734
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	51219	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	51220,51221	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	51221	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	51220,51221	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	51220,51221	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	51219	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	51220	1756
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	1	51220	49
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	51221	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	51220	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	51221	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	51221	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	51220,51221	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	51219	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	51220	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	51219,51220	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	51220	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	51219,51220	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	51220	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	51220	1508
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	51219	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	51219	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	51220,51221	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	51220	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	51220,51221	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	51220,51221	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	51219	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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