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Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
Regional Level Types
Buxières-les-MinesCommune (Abandoned)
MoulinsArrondissement
AllierDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
FranceCountry

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Type:
Commune (Abandoned)
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Buxières-les-Mines1,200 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
50989
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:50989:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes
Other Languages:
French:
Buxières-les-Mines, arrondissement de Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
German:
Buxières-les-Mines, Arrondissement Moulins, Département Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Italian:
Buxières-les-Mines, arrondissement di Moulins, Allier, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Russian:
Бюсьер-ле-Мин, Мулен, Алье, Овернь — Рона — Альпы, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
比克西埃莱米内, 穆兰区, 阿列省, 奥弗涅-罗讷-阿尔卑斯大区, 法国
Spanish:
Buxières-les-Mines, Distrito de Moulins, Allier, Región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Afrikaans:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankryk
Albanian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Qarku Moulins, Allier, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpes, Franca
Aragonese:
Buxières-les-Mines, Destrito de Molins, Alier, Auvernia-Roine-Alpes, Francia
Armenian:
Բյուսիեր լե Մին, Մուլեն, Ալյե, Ֆրանսիա
Asturian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Azeri:
Byusyer-le-Min, Mulen , Alye, Overn-Rona-Alp, Fransa
Bambara:
Buxières-les-Mines, Faransi
Basque:
Buxières-les-Mines, Moulinseko barrutia, Allier, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpeak, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Breton:
Buxières-les-Mines, arondisamant Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bro-C'hall
Buginese:
Buxières-les-Mines, Perancis
Catalan:
Buxières-les-Mines, Districte de Molins, Alier, Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps, França
Cebuano:
Buxières-les-Mines, Arrondissement de Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pransiya
Chechen:
Бюсьер-ле-Мин, Франци
Corsican:
Buxières-les-Mines, Alvernia è Rodanu è Alpi, Francia
Croatian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Francuska
Czech:
Buxières-les-Mines, Arrondissement Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francie
Danish:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrig
Dutch:
Buxières-les-Mines, Arrondissement Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Buxières-les-Mines, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Buxières-les-Mines, Arondismento Moulins, Allier, Aŭvernjo-Rodano-Alpoj, Francio
Estonian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier' departemang, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Buxières-les-Mines, Frakland
Finnish:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Buxières-les-Mines, Aliér, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, France
Friulian:
Buxières-les-Mines, France
Galician:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Greenlandic:
Buxières-les-Mines, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Buxières-les-Mines, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frakkland
Ido:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Arvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Indonesian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Arondisemen Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Perancis
Interlingua:
Buxières-les-Mines, Departimento Allier, Auvernia-Rhodano-Alpes, Francia
Interlingue:
Buxières-les-Mines, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Buxières-les-Mines, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Buxières-les-Mines, Frans
Kabyle:
Buxières-les-Mines, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Бюксьер-ле-Мин, Алье, Франция
Kongo:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Fwalansa
Latin:
Buxières-les-Mines, Elaver, Arvernia Rhodanus Alpesque, Francia
Latvian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Aljē, Overņa-Rona-Alpi, Francija
Ligurian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Fransa
Limburgian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Aljė, Overnė-Rona-Alpės, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Buxières-les-Mines, Arrondissement Moulins, Departement Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Frantsa
Malay:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Buxières-les-Mines, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins Kūn, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Buxières-les-Mines, Âovergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neapolitan:
Buxières-les-Mines, Franza
Norwegian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Frankrike
Occitan:
Buxières-les-Mines, Arrondiment de Molins, Alèir, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, França
Papiamento:
Buxières-les-Mines, Fransia
Picard:
Buxières-les-Mines, Franche
Piedmontese:
Buxières-les-Mines, Dipartiment dl'Allier, Alvernia-Ròno-Alp, Fransa
Polish:
Buxières-les-Mines, Okręg Moulins, Allier, Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, Francja
Portuguese:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes, França
Romanian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Arondismentul Moulins, Allier, Auverge-Ron-Alpi, Franța
Romansh:
Buxières-les-Mines, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Frantza
Scots:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Биксјер ле Мен, Алије, Оверња-Рона-Алпи, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Francuska
Sicilian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Alvernia-Rudanu-Alpi, Francia
Slovak:
Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Traditional Chinese:
比克西埃萊米內, 阿列, 奧文尼-隆河-阿爾卑斯, 法國
Turkish:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Бюксьєр-ле-Мін, Альє, Овернь-Рона-Альпи, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Buxières-les-Mines, Fransiya
Venetian:
Buxières-les-Mines, Alvergna-Rodano-Alpe, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pháp
Volapük:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Fransän
Walloon:
Buxières-les-Mines, France
Waray:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransya
Welsh:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Buxières-les-Mines, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Buxières-les-Mines, Faraas
Zeelandic:
Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Frankriek
Zulu:
Buxières-les-Mines, IFulansi


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Mineral List

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

9 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Galena
Formula: PbS
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O QuartzSiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S GalenaPbS
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

Fossils

There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences6
Youngest Fossil Listed290 Ma (Permian)
Oldest Fossil Listed299 Ma (Carboniferous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Aeduella
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Aeduellidae : Aeduella298.9 - 290.1 Ma
Paleozoic
Paramblypterus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Paramblypterus298.9 - 290.1 Ma
Paleozoic
Actinodon
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : Actinodon298.9 - 290.1 Ma
Paleozoic
Orthacanthus buxieri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Xenacanthiformes : Diplodoselachidae : Orthacanthus : Orthacanthus buxieri298.9 - 290.1 Ma
Paleozoic
Acanthodes
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Plagiostomi : Acanthodes298.9 - 290.1 Ma
Paleozoic
Apateon gracilis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Branchiosauridae : Apateon : Apateon gracilis298.9 - 290.1 Ma
Paleozoic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxi%C3%A8res-les-Mines
Wikidata ID:Q272004
GeoNames ID:6446533

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