Limousin, France

Le Boucheron, Davignac, Corrèze, Limousin, France

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This region comprises the departments 'Corrèze', 'Creuse' and 'Haute-Vienne'.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite
Actinolite
Agrinierite (TL)
Albite
Allophane
Alluaudite
Alluaudite-Na□
Alluaudite-NaNa
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
Alunite
Amblygonite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andorite
Andrewsite
'Angelardite'
Anglesite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
'Apatite'
Apophyllite-(KF) ?
Aramayoite
Argyrodite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Arsenuranospathite
Arthurite
Augite
Aurostibite
Autunite
Barbosalite
'Barrandite'
Baryte
Bassetite
Becquerelite
Bendadaite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
var: Heliodor
β-Uranophane
Betpakdalite-CaCa
Beudantite
Billietite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Boltwoodite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite ?
Brushite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
Cannonite
Carminite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Cervantite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite ?
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla ?
Clinozoisite
Coffinite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)

'Columbite-Tantalite'
Compreignacite (TL)
Conichalcite ?
Connellite
Copper
Cordierite
Corrensite
Cosalite
Covellite
Crandallite
Criddleite
Cuprite
Curite
Cyanotrichite ?
Descloizite
Devilline
Dewindtite
'Diallage'
Digenite
Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Djurleite
Dolomite
Dufrénite (TL)
Dyscrasite
Elbaite
Enargite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Famatinite
Ferberite
var: Reinite
Ferrihydrite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferroalluaudite (TL)
Fizélyite
'Flint'
Fluorapatite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet'
'Garnet Structural Group'
Geocronite
Gersdorffite
'Gigantolite'
Goethite
Gold
Gorceixite
Graphite
Greigite
Grossular
Gudmundite
'Gummite'
'var: Coracite'
Gypsum
Halloysite
Heinrichite
Hematite
Hentschelite
Heterosite (TL)
'Heulandite' ?
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Hureaulite (TL)
Hydrokenoelsmoreite
Hydrotungstite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Ianthinite
Illite
Ilmenite
Iron
Ixiolite
Jarosite
Johannite
Kaolinite
Karibibite ?
Kasolite
Kermesite
Kesterite

'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'
Koragoite
Kyanite
Lacroixite
Lepidocrocite ?
Lepidolite
Leucophosphite
Leucoxene
Libethenite
Limonite
Lindgrenite
Lipscombite
Lithiophilite
Löllingite
Luzonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Mawsonite
'Melnikovite'
Meta-ankoleite
Meta-autunite
Metatorbernite
Metavoltine
Meymacite
Miargyrite
Microcline
Mimetite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Montebrasite (TL)
Montmorillonite
Morinite (TL)
Muscovite
var: Damourite
var: Fuchsite
var: Gilbertite
var: Sericite
Nacrite
Natanite
Natrojarosite
Olivenite
Omphacite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Owyheeite
Pargasite
Parnauite
Parsonsite
Pearceite
'Perthite'
Petalite
Pharmacosiderite
Phosgenite
Phosphosiderite
var: Vilateite
Phosphuranylite
Phurcalite
Picropharmacolite
Plumbogummite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Purpurite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
var: Rose Quartz

Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rameauite (TL)
Ramsdellite
Raspite
Rhodonite
Rockbridgeite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite
Roquesite
Russellite
Rutile
'Rutilohematite'
Sabugalite
'Sagenite'
Scheelite
Schoepite
Schorl
Scorodite
Semseyite
Sharpite
Siderite
Sillimanite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spinel
Stannite
Stannoidite
Staurolite
Stewartite
Stibnite
Stolzite
Strengite
Strunzite
Studtite
Sulphur
Symplesite
Tantalite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Topaz
Torbernite
Tosudite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Rubellite'
Triphylite
Triplite (TL)
Tungstite
Turquoise
Tyrolite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranocircite
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Uranospathite
Uranosphaerite
Valentinite
Vanadinite
Variscite
Varlamoffite
Vesuvianite
Viitaniemiite
Vivianite
Wardite
Wavellite
Wittichenite
Wolfeite
Wolframite
Wölsendorfite
Wulfenite
'Xenotime'
Xenotime-(Y)
Zeunerite
Zippeite
Zircon
Zoisite
Zwieselite

370 entries listed. 269 valid minerals. 10 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

France

Limousin
- Corrèze
  - Auriac
    - La Besse mine
  - Bertranges
    - La Porcherie
  - Bort-les-Orgues
    - Le Deveix
  - Davignac
    - Le Boucheron
  - Egletons
  - Juillac
    - La Vivinie Quarry (La Perche Quarry)
  - Lissac/Couze quarry
  - Lostanges
    - Endougat
      - Puy d'endruilles
  - Meymac
  - Meyrignac-de-Bar
  - Moustier-Ventadour
    - Pont des Bouyges quarry
  - Saint Hilaire les Courbes
    - Lauve
  - San Salvin Mine (?)
  - Tulle
    - Chanac-les-Mines
  - Ussel
    - Les Farges Mine
  - Uzerche
    - Espartignac Quarry
- Creuse
  - Ahun
    - Epie Quarry
  - Chamborand
    - Bénévent-L'Abbaye
      - La Petite Faye
  - Crozant
    - Mont Sarrasin
    - Naillat
  - Evaux
    - Budelière
  - Gioux
    - Hyverneresse mine
  - Guéret
    - Chaumaillat
    - Saint-Victor-en-Marche
      - Villedary
        Gartempe brook alluvials
    - Sainte-Feyre
      - La Gasne pond alluvials
  - Lavaufranche
  - Montagaud
  - Puy Jean
  - Soumans
    - Montebras
      - Les Roches quarry
      - Montebras Mines
  - St Goussaud
  - Viges
- Haute-Vienne
  - Ambazac
  - Anglar
  - Bellac
    - Le Moulin Barret
      - Le Vincou brook alluvials
  - Bessines-sur-Gartempe
  - Bussiere Galant
    - Châteaurenon
    - La Tenaille
  - Champagnac-la-Rivière
    - Brie Quarry

France

Limousin
- Haute-Vienne
  - Châteauponsac
    - Saint-Amand-Magnazeix
      - Varnat
  - Cieux
    - Moulin Rousset Quarry
  - Compreignac
    - Angelard
    - La Bachellerie quarry
    - Margnac II Mine
    - Margnac Mine
    - Margnac Quarry
    - Moulin de Chabanne
    - Vénachat
  - Condat-sur-Vienne
    - Le Chambon quarry
  - Couzeix
    - Chaptelat
  - Glandon
    - Les Biards mine
  - Glanges
    - Glanges mines
  - La Meyze
    - Champsiaux
  - La Roche L'Abeille
    - Leycuras
  - Laurière
    - Forgefer
      - Ardour brook alluvials
  - Les Cars
  - Limoges
    - Beaune Mines
      - Deschamps shaft
    - Champloup
    - Quercy Region
    - Romanet district
  - Mailhac
    - Le Bernardan
    - Piegut
  - Nantiat
    - Vaulry
  - Razès
    - Augères-en-Razès
    - Chanteloube
    - Chatenet-Moissan quarry
    - Etang de Gouillé quarry
    - Fanay Mine
    - Le Fraisse Mine
    - Le Malabard Quarry
    - Les Sagnes Mine
    - Peny quarry
    - Santrop
    - South Monteil quarry
  - Rilhac-Lastours
    - Bessous
  - Rochechouart
    - Champagnat
  - Rochechouart - Chassenon meteoritic impact crater
    - Champonger quarry
  - Saint-Germain-les-Belles
    - Château-Chervix
      - La Fagassière
        Mars brook alluvials
  - Saint-Julien-le-Petit
    - Mont Larron quarry
  - Saint-Léger-la-Montagne
    - Le Mazeaud quarry
  - Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat
    - Puy-les-Vignes
  - Saint-Maurice-les-Brousses
    - Puy Mathieu
  - Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe
    - Pierre Blanche quarry
  - Saint-Sulpice-Laurière
    - La Bertrande
  - Saint-Sylvestre
    - Chabanne Quarry
    - La Chaise
    - La Crouzille
      - Henriette Mine
      - Marcillac
    - Le Coudier Quarry (Penicaut Quarry)
    - Le Vieux
    - Les Hureaux
    - Lhermont Quarries
  - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
    - Coussac-Bonneval
    - Laurieras
    - Le Bourneix Mines
    - Marcognac Quarry
  - Sauviat-sur-Vige

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References

- Cauuet, B. (1994): Les mines d'or gauloises du Limousin. Limoges, xx pp.
- Club Eymoutiers Minéraux (2003): Les minéraux du Limousin, Trésors cachés, un siècle d'exploitation minière. Club Eymoutiers Minéraux Ed., 88p.

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