Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Forge Slag Locality, Padern, Aude, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 252453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Forge Slag Locality, Padern, Aude, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Devilline	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Sulphur	Vivianite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H K O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H K O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Brochantite Calcite Devilline Gypsum None Not in a structural group Quartz Sulphur Vivianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bazhenovite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*
Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bazhenovite ()*	None	Ca₈S₅(S₂O₃)(OH)₁₂·20H₂O	0	0	9
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			27770
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			366
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2228
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2045
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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