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Limousin, France

Le Boucheron, Davignac, Corrèze, Limousin, France

Photo: M.S.

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 Supergroup
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
'Andorite'
'Andrewsite'
'Angelardite'
Anglesite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
'Apatite'
Aramayoite
Argyrodite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Arsenuranospathite
Arthurite
Augite
Aurostibite
Autunite
'Axinite Group'
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
Brushite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
Cannonite
Carminite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Cervantite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysotile
Clinozoisite
Coffinite
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)

'Columbite-Tantalite'
Compreignacite (TL)
Connellite
Copper
Cordierite
Corrensite
Cosalite
Covellite
Crandallite
Criddleite
Cuprite
Curite
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
var: Stink-Fluss
'Fluoro-tremolite'
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-K
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Hureaulite (TL)
Hydrokenoelsmoreite
var: Ferritungstite
Hydrotungstite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Ianthinite
Illite
Ilmenite
Iron
Ixiolite
Jarosite
Johannite
Kaolinite
Kasolite

Kermesite
Kesterite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'
Koragoite
Kyanite
Lacroixite
Lepidolite
Leucophosphite
'Leucoxene'
Libethenite
'Limonite'
Lindgrenite
Lipscombite
Lithiophilite
Löllingite
Luzonite
Magnetite
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
Plumbogummite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Purpurite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper

Quartz
var: Rose 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
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

342 entries listed. 261 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
    - Lussac les Eglises
      - La Charbonnière Quarry
  - Bessines-sur-Gartempe
  - Bussiere Galant
    - Châteaurenon
    - La Tenaille
  - Champagnac-la-Rivière
    - Brie Quarry
  - Châteauneuf-la-Forêt
    - Masléon
      - Pont de la Combade
  - Châteauponsac
    - Saint-Amand-Magnazeix
      - Varnat
  - Cieux
    - Moulin Rousset Quarry
  - Compreignac
    - Angelard
    - La Bachellerie quarry

France

Limousin
- Haute-Vienne
  - Compreignac
    - Margnac II Mine
    - Margnac Mine
    - Margnac Quarry
      - Carrière Merguiller - Patureau
    - Moulin de Chabanne
    - Vénachat
  - Condat-sur-Vienne
    - Le Chambon quarry
  - Coussac-Bonneval
    - Etang Rompu
  - Couzeix
    - Chaptelat
  - Eymoutiers
    - Bussy-Varache
  - Folles
    - Pont de Mazéras quarry
  - Glandon
    - Les Biards mine
  - Glanges
    - Glanges mines
  - La Meyze
    - Champsiaux
  - La Roche L'Abeille
    - Leycuras
  - Laurière
    - Bois de la Bertrande
    - Forgefer
      - Ardour brook alluvials
  - Les Cars
  - Limoges
    - Beaune Mines
      - Deschamps shaft
    - Champloup
    - Quercy Region
    - Romanet district
    - Saint-Priest-Sous-Aixe
      - Route d´Aixe
  - Mailhac
    - Le Bernardan
    - Piegut
  - Nantiat
    - Vaulry
  - Oradour-sur-Vayres
    - Cussac
      - Colle brook alluvials
  - Panazol
    - Mandelesse
  - Rancon
    - Moulin de la Roche
  - 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-Jean-Ligoure
    - Masgrefort
  - 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
    - Cheni mine
    - 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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