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Échassières, Échassières, Arrondissement de Montluçon, Département de l'Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Alternative Names:	Echassieres, Échassières
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Region:	Échassières, Arrondissement de Montluçon, Département de l'Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Latitude:	46° 11' 3" N
Longitude:	2° 56' 4" E
Lat/Long (dec):	46.18437,2.93465
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Population:	381 (2016)
Mindat Feature ID:	3020533
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:3020533:8
GUID:	3c9da8e3-b72c-4074-9e66-608685d1d124

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Suquet quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 11' 23" N	2° 56' 50" E	1.2km (0.7 miles)
L'Eperon-West mine, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 10' 49" N	2° 57' 3" E	1.3km (0.8 miles)
Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 10' 44" N	2° 57' 13" E	1.6km (1.0 miles)
Le Mazet, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 12' 0" N	2° 57' 20" E	2.4km (1.5 miles)
La Bosse Mine, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 10' 47" N	2° 57' 54" E	2.4km (1.5 miles)
Le Mazet vein, Le Mazet, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 11' 56" N	2° 57' 32" E	2.5km (1.5 miles)
Ste Barbe vein (Les Montmins), Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 11' 54" N	2° 57' 50" E	2.8km (1.7 miles)
Bois du Roi, Les Chaillats (Chaillat), Servant, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 9' 31" N	2° 56' 51" E	3.0km (1.9 miles)
Sillimanite Outcrops, Durmignat, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 11' 12" N	2° 53' 21" E	3.5km (2.2 miles)
Puits Giraudet, Nades mines, Nades, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 9' 18" N	2° 57' 48" E	3.9km (2.4 miles)
Mines de la Bouble pits, Saint-Éloy-les-Mines, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 9' 47" N	2° 50' 4" E	8.0km (5.0 miles)
Central pit, Lavaveix-les-Mines, Aubusson, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	46° 4' 17" N	2° 54' 35" E	12.7km (7.9 miles)
Miallet, Ébreuil, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 6' 7" N	3° 3' 0" E	12.8km (7.9 miles)
Noyer, Louroux-de-Beaune, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 18' 29" N	2° 51' 21" E	15.0km (9.4 miles)
Mazelles, Commentry, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 16' 5" N	2° 45' 14" E	16.7km (10.4 miles)
Sainte-Barbe pit and des Ormes pit, Bézenet, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 19' 35" N	2° 50' 41" E	17.2km (10.7 miles)
Les Roberts, Blot-l'Église, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 1' 42" N	2° 56' 57" E	17.4km (10.8 miles)
Les Méritis, Blot-l'Église, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 1' 42" N	2° 54' 36" E	17.4km (10.8 miles)
Sainte-Marie pit, Montvicq, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 19' 39" N	2° 49' 23" E	18.1km (11.2 miles)
Commentry coal mine, Commentry, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 17' 22" N	2° 45' 12" E	18.2km (11.3 miles)
Sainte-Amélie pit, Montvicq, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 19' 46" N	2° 48' 54" E	18.6km (11.5 miles)
Mony pit, Montvicq, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 19' 50" N	2° 49' 0" E	18.6km (11.6 miles)
Menat-Malmouche Maars, Saint-Angel, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 1' 0" N	2° 55' 0" E	18.7km (11.6 miles)
Croix de Vérillon Quarry, Mazerier, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 7' 11" N	3° 10' 1" E	19.3km (12.0 miles)
Neuf pit, Doyet, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 20' 34" N	2° 48' 59" E	19.8km (12.3 miles)
Côte Rousse Quarry, Vensat, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 3' 12" N	3° 9' 11" E	22.3km (13.8 miles)
Les Côtes-Rousses, Néris-les-Bains, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 17' 25" N	2° 41' 9" E	22.5km (14.0 miles)
Saint-Etienne pit, Néris-les-Bains, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 18' 28" N	2° 42' 10" E	22.5km (14.0 miles)
Saint-Isidore pit, Néris-les-Bains, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 18' 32" N	2° 42' 2" E	22.7km (14.1 miles)
Peuvet, Villefranche-d'Allier, Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	46° 22' 42" N	2° 50' 20" E	22.8km (14.2 miles)

one of the dumps in 2002

Ste Barbe vein, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

The active part of the quarry

Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

View of the Beauvoir quarry.

Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

one of the dumps in 2002

Ste Barbe vein, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

The active part of the quarry

Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

View of the Beauvoir quarry.

Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

one of the dumps in 2002

Ste Barbe vein, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

The active part of the quarry

Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Minerals recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ 'Alunite Supergroup'

ⓘ Arsenbrackebuschite

ⓘ Bariopharmacosiderite

ⓘ 'Beudantite-Segnitite Series'

ⓘ 'Chalcosiderite-Turquoise Series'

ⓘ 'Crandallite-Goyazite Series'

ⓘ 'Ferberite-Hübnerite Series'

ⓘ Ferroberaunite

ⓘ Fluellite

ⓘ Fluorapatite

ⓘ Fluorcalciopyrochlore

ⓘ Fluorite

ⓘ 'Fornacite-Vauquelinite Series'

ⓘ Francevillite

ⓘ 'Freibergite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Hallimondite-Parsonsite Series'

ⓘ var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite

ⓘ 'Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series'

ⓘ 'Plumbogummite Group'

ⓘ Pyrite

ⓘ 'Pyrochlore Group'

ⓘ 'var: Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)'

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 20 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Eurasian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Europe	Continent
France	Country
Auvergne, France	Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	Region
Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	Department
Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	Arrondissement
Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	Commune
Massif Central, France	Highland Region

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
France, Auvergne	79.3.0.0.0.0
France, Auvergne, Allier, MontluÃ§on, Ã‰breuil, Ã‰chassiÃ¨res	79.3.8.33.296.3202

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