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Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
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ChampagnacCommune
MauriacArrondissement
CantalDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
FranceCountry

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The "de Plattes" pit, coal mining complex of Champagnac

De Plattes pit, Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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The "de Plattes" pit, coal mining complex of Champagnac

De Plattes pit, Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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The "de Plattes" pit, coal mining complex of Champagnac

De Plattes pit, Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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The "de Plattes" pit, coal mining complex of Champagnac

De Plattes pit, Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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The "de Plattes" pit, coal mining complex of Champagnac

De Plattes pit, Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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The "de Plattes" pit, coal mining complex of Champagnac

De Plattes pit, Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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The "de Plattes" pit, coal mining complex of Champagnac

De Plattes pit, Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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The "de Plattes" pit, coal mining complex of Champagnac

De Plattes pit, Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neighbouring regions:
Sarroux - Saint-Julien, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sérandon, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Bassignac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Madic, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ydes, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Saint-Pierre, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Veyrières, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Champagnac1,201 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
52690
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:52690:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes
Other Languages:
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French:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
German:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Département Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Italian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Russian:
Шампаньяк, Морьяк, Канталь, Овернь — Рона — Альпы, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
尚帕尼亚克, 莫里阿克, 康塔爾省, 奥弗涅-罗讷-阿尔卑斯大区, 法国
Spanish:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Afrikaans:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvernia-Roine-Alpes, Francia
Armenian:
Շամպանյակ, Մորիակ, Կանտալ, Ֆրանսիա
Asturian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Bambara:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Faransi
Basque:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpeak, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Breton:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Champanhac, Mauriac, Cantal, Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps, França
Cebuano:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pransiya
Chechen:
Шампаньяк , Морьяк , Франци
Corsican:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Alvernia è Rodanu è Alpi, Francia
Croatian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Francuska
Czech:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francie
Danish:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrig
Dutch:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Aŭvernjo-Rodano-Alpoj, Francio
Estonian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantali departemang, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Frakland
Finnish:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, France
Friulian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, France
Galician:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Greenlandic:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frakkland
Ido:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Arvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Indonesian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Perancis
Interlingua:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Departimento Cantal, Auvernia-Rhodano-Alpes, Francia
Interlingue:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Département Cantal, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Champagnac, Mauriac, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Frans
Kabyle:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Шампаньяк, Мориак, Канталь, Франция
Kongo:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Fwalansa
Latin:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Mons Celtorum, Arvernia Rhodanus Alpesque, Francia
Latvian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Kantāla, Overņa-Rona-Alpi, Francija
Ligurian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Fransa
Limburgian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Kantalis, Overnė-Rona-Alpės, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Departement Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Frantsa
Malay:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Âovergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neapolitan:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Franza
Norwegian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Frankrike
Occitan:
Champanhac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, França
Papiamento:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Fransia
Picard:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Franche
Piedmontese:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Alvernia-Ròno-Alp, Fransa
Polish:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, Francja
Portuguese:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes, França
Romanian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auverge-Ron-Alpi, Franța
Romansh:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Frantza
Scots:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Шампањак, Кантал, Оверња-Рона-Алпи, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Champagnac, Cantal, Francuska
Sicilian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Alvernia-Rudanu-Alpi, Francia
Slovak:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Turkish:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Шампаньяк, Моріак, Канталь, Овернь-Рона-Альпи, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Champagnac, Mauriac, Fransiya
Venetian:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Alvergna-Rodano-Alpe, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pháp
Volapük:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Fransän
Walloon:
Champagnac, Mauriac, France
Waray:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransya
Welsh:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Champagnac, Mauriac, Faraas
Zulu:
Champagnac, Mauriac, IFulansi


"Go north of Mauriac on the N122, then take the D12 left before reaching the bend in the road leading to Bassignac. At the locality follow the Montruc road immediately to the left, in the rock layers of the area there is stibnite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, quartz, and sphalerite." [Belot, 1978]

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12 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Antimony
Formula: Sb
ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
ⓘ Autunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
ⓘ Berthierite
Formula: FeSb2S4
ⓘ Francevillite
Formula: Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O
ⓘ Jamesonite
Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14
ⓘ Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ 'Melnikovite'
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
ⓘ Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
ⓘ Tyuyamunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘAntimony1.CA.05Sb
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘStibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
ⓘBerthierite2.HA.20FeSb2S4
ⓘJamesonite2.HB.15Pb4FeSb6S14
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘFrancevillite4.HB.15Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O
ⓘTyuyamunite4.HB.25Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘAutunite8.EB.05Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Unclassified
ⓘ'Melnikovite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Hⓘ FrancevilliteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O
Hⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ FrancevilliteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ BerthieriteFeSb2S4
Sⓘ JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ StibniteSb2S3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Caⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
VVanadium
Vⓘ FrancevilliteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O
Vⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ BerthieriteFeSb2S4
Feⓘ JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ AntimonySb
Sbⓘ BerthieriteFeSb2S4
Sbⓘ JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
Sbⓘ StibniteSb2S3
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Baⓘ FrancevilliteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O
PbLead
Pbⓘ JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
UUranium
Uⓘ AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Uⓘ FrancevilliteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O
Uⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagnac,_Cantal
Wikidata ID:Q245406
GeoNames ID:6454967

Localities in this Region

France

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References

Belot, Victor R. (1978) Guide des minéraux, coquillages et fossiles: où les trouver en France, comment les reconnaître et les collectionner. Guides Horay.
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