Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 245534
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245534.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Caune De L'Arago
Tautavel Castle

Latitude: 42°49'31"N
Longitude: 2°45'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.825277777778,2.7519444444444

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	Apatite	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Pyrite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Calcioferrite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Mica None
Pyrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	56156,56157	27770
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	56156	310
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	56157	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	56156,56157	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	56156	367
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	56156	5591
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	1	56156	44
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	56156	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...