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Locality Name:
Prats-de-Mollo, Prats-de-Mollo-la Preste (Prats De Molló-la Presta), Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 264311
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264311.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prats-de-Mollo, Prats-de-Mollo-la Preste (Prats De Molló-la Presta), Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Can Pubill
Coll De La Cadère
Coll De La Régine
Collade De Bernadeille
Notre-Dame-du-Coral
Puig Cabrera (Puig Cabres)
Tech River Alluvials

Latitude: 42°24'53"N
Longitude: 2°30'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.414722222222,2.5155555555556

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 Cd Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteCorundumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnite
PyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteTyroliteWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21560845509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)256084,5608711547
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O156084925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1560845707
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)156084363
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS156089717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315608914640
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21560901898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215608939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21560893106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81560899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215608961156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O156089177
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1560896417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1560892473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15608921482
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O156084245



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