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Locality Name:
Couloumier Mine, Auzat, Ariège, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 43728
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43728.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Couloumier Mine, Auzat, Ariège, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°45'51"N
Longitude: 1°28'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.764166666667,1.4741666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiaspore
GypsumHydrotalciteKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteWoodwardite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zincowoodwardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O075
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O068
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Zincowoodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)012



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