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


mindat Locality ID: 264234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bélesta, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Caladroy
Peyre Clause

Latitude: 42°43'22"N
Longitude: 2°36'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.722777777778,2.6147222222222
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 B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteCalciteClayCorundumGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
ScheeliteSpinelTourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31558292353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1558291272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15583027770
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415582914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215582917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215583039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215582961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1558294894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1558292705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51558291516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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