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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:
La Quille Du Roy, Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 297.2

mindat Locality ID: 242234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Quille Du Roy, Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°41'42"N
Longitude: 2°18'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.695,2.3097222222222

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: Fe H O 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
DiasporeNone

1 IMA Minerals at location:
Goethite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)318.2297.207437



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_478Sample collected from mine dumps. The Lacoste-La Frégère vein system is the largest of several tungsten deposits within the district.
Michelle_479Sample collected from mine dumps. The Lacoste-La Frégère vein system is the largest of several tungsten deposits within the district.
Michelle_480Sample collected from mine dumps. The Lacoste-La Frégère vein system is the largest of several tungsten deposits within the district.


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_478303.4297.2300.3 ± 3.1Ar-ArMaximum age of tungsten emplacementmuscoviteML-1 YesMuscovite W155552Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, FranceMontredon-LabessonniéHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Maximum age of tungsten emplacement
Michelle_479305.7299.3302.5 ± 3.2Ar-ArMaximum age of tungsten emplacementbiotiteML-1 Yes W155552Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, FranceMontredon-LabessonniéHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Maximum age of tungsten emplacement
Michelle_480318.2313.6315.9 ± 2.3U-PbAge of wolframite crystallizationwolframiteML-1 Yes  155552Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, FranceMontredon-LabessonniéHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Age of wolframite crystallization


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