Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France

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Département de la Loire - 42

French department (formerly called "Forez") located east of the "Massif Central", between Auvergne and the Rhône Valley. The Loire River traverses the department from south to north in a graben called "Plaine du Forez" (Forez plain) between two horsts: "Monts du Forez" (Forez Mountains) to the west and "Monts du Beaujolais-Lyonnais" (Beaujolais-Lyonnais Hills) to the east. In the south, "Monts du Pilat" (Pilat Mountains) overhang the Gier Valley that runs through the coal basin of Saint-Etienne.

Mineral List

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

Actinolite Albite var: Andesine var: Oligoclase 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Allophane ? Almandine 'Almandine-Spessartine Series' 'Amphibole Group' Anatase Andalusite Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Anorthite 'Apatite' Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Augite 'Augite-Bronzite' Aurichalcite Autunite Azurite Baryte Becquerelite Berthierite Beryl β-Uranophane Beudantite Billietite Biotite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bornite Boulangerite Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Cassiterite Cerussite 'Chabazite' Chabazite-Na Chalcocite Chalcopyrite

Chenite 'Chlorite Group' Chrysocolla Claudetite 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' 'Coal var: Anthracite' Coffinite Connellite Copiapite Copper Cordierite Cornubite Corundum var: Sapphire Covellite Cuprite Dewindtite Dolomite Dundasite Elyite Epidote 'Erionite' 'Feldspar Group' Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena 'Garnet' Gismondine-Ca Goethite Gold Grossular 'Gummite' Gypsum Haüyne Hematite Herschelite 'Hornblende' Hydrocerussite Hydrozincite Ianthinite Illite var: Leverrierite Ilmenite Johannite Kasolite Kermesite 'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia'

Kyanite Lanarkite Langite Laurionite Lead Leadhillite Leucoxene Limonite Linarite Litharge Ludlockite Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Mazzite-Mg (TL) Melanterite 'Melilite' Mesolite 'Mica Group' Microcline Mimetite Minium Mogánite Molybdenite 'Monazite' Montmorillonite Muscovite var: Sericite Natrolite Nepheline Nontronite Offretite (TL) 'Olivine' 'var: Peridot' Opal Orpiment Orthoclase Parsonsite Perovskite Pharmacosiderite 'Phillipsite' Phosphuranylite 'Pinite' Pyrite Pyromorphite 'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite

Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst var: Chalcedony var: Smoky Quartz Realgar Roméite Group var: Stibiconite Rutile Salammoniac Schoepite Schorl Schulenbergite Serpierite Siderite Sillimanite Silver Spangolite Spessartine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Strashimirite Sulphur Tellurite Tennantite Tetrahedrite 'Thomsonite' Titanite Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Tyuyamunite UM1970-19-S:As Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranophane Uranopilite Valentinite Vandendriesscheite Vivianite Whewellite Wroewolfeite Wulfenite Wüstite Wyartite Zircon

198 entries listed. 144 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

France Rhône-Alpes Loire Böen Marcilly-le-Châtel Marcoux Montaubourg Pierroux Bourg-Argental Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette La Pause Mine Revoin Mine Feurs Chambeon Salvizinet Firminy RD500 pocket (Bois d'Etat vein) La Grand-Croix Chagnon pegmatite Doizieux Chavanol Mine La Rullière La Peronnière Mine La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay Charbonnière Grand Filon Valfleury Les Echeries La Pacaudière Le Crozet Les Rats Mine (slag locality) Saint-Martin-d'Estréaux Châteaumorand and RN7 slope Montbrison "Imbert" pegmatite Ecotay-l'Olme Sainte-Agathe pegmatite Essertines-en-Châtelneuf "Gonnard" pegmatite Lezigneux Valensanges Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville Montclaret quarry Verrières-en-Forez Phialay Vizézy brook alluvials Néronde Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand Montcellier Violay A89 highway tunnel (La Verrière vein) Pélussin La Magdelaine Véranne Roche Anglane Rive-de-Gier Genilac Mont du Feu Saint-Joseph Bissieux Mine Tartaras Gier river alluvials Saint-Chamond L'Hermitage Saint-Etienne Couriot Mine La Ricamarie Crassier Saint-Pierre La Tour-en-Jarez Onzon river alluvials

France Rhône-Alpes Loire Saint-Etienne La Tour-en-Jarez Peymartin Le Treuil Mine Saint-Priest-en-Jarez Le Crêt Saint-Galmier Bellegarde-en-Forez Pierres Blanches Ruffy quarry Saint-Héand Le Sauzet Montmollot Saint-Genest-Malifaux Le Bessat Pouyardière farm Saint-Georges-en-Couzan Chalmazel Font Noire pegmatites Châtelneuf Mont Semiol (Mont Semiouse; Mont Simiouse) Jeansagnière La Chaize pegmatite Proé Saint-Germain-Laval Grezolles Font Ferrière Mine Marcilleux Mine Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté Corent Mine Grezolette Mine Saint-Thurin Le Mas Mine Saint-Haon-le-Châtel Ambierle Hauteville Remonteneau Renaison Les Cartonnes quarry Renaison brook alluvials Saint-Just-en-Chevalet Arpheuille Champoly Fialin quarry Le Poyet Mine Contenson Juré Durelle Mine Saint-Priest-la-Prugne Les Bois-Noirs Mining Claim La Chabanette Lagadaillère Mine (BN10) Le Fraty (BN1) Le Limouzat Mine (incl. Le Limouzat Quarry; BN3; BN5; BN6) Saint-Romain-d'Urfé La Bombarde Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert Bonson brook alluvials Périgneux Suc de la Violette quarries RD498 deviation (La Verrerie vein) Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay Neaux Givre Neaux quarry Rocheline Regny Gueydon Mine Le Billard Verpierre

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