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Locality Name:
Baillestavy, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 256904
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256904.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baillestavy, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Còrrec De La Font Fresca
Còrrec De Pixerot
La Coume (La Coma)

Latitude: 42°34'4"N
Longitude: 2°30'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.567777777778,2.5105555555556

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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca F Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteVesuvianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15582411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)255824,5582527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215582427198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2255824,558259617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15582424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3255824,5582514640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61558241066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215582412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21558245674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2255824,5582539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8255824,558259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2255823,5582561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)255823,558254894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)255824,558256417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1558242473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS255824,5582521482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395



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