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Locality Name:
Alzen, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 49164
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49164.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alzen, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lina Mine

Latitude: 42°59'46"N
Longitude: 1°28'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.996111111111,1.4744444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Ullmannite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	55006	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		254
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	55006	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	55006	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	55006	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	55006	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	55006	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	55006	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	55006	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	55006	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	55006	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	55006	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	55006	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	55006	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	55006	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	55006	784
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	0		593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	55006	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	55006	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	55006	300
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	55006	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	55006	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	55006	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	55006	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	55006	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	55006	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	55006	293
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	55006	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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