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Locality Name:
La Gavaresse Workings, Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 251
Youngest recorded age at locality: 225

mindat Locality ID: 220044
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220044.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Gavaresse Workings, Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°4'55"N
Longitude: 6°2'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.081944444444,6.0355555555556

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Covellite	Descloizite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Connellite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As C Cl Co Cu Fe H K O Pb S V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cl Co Cu Fe H K O Pb S V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Connellite Covellite Descloizite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Rocksalt Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	251	225	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	225	225	5509
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	225	225	172
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	251	225	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	225	225	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	225	225	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	225	225	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	225	225	2970
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	225	225	57
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	251	225	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	251	225	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	225	225	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	251	225	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	225	225	362
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	225	225	492
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	251	225	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	251	225	39462
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	251	225	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	225	225	1803

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Hg-00014	251	245		Host Rocks	Yes	Capgaronnite, Cinnabar, Iltisite, Perroudite	Hg	1747	Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France		Cathelineau et al. (1990)	10.1016/0040-1951(90)90274-C	TP177_59
Mo-00013	251	245		Host Rocks	Yes	Deloryite, Wulfenite	Mo	1747	Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France		Cathelineau et al. (1990)	10.1016/0040-1951(90)90274-C	TP177_59
sedcu-00426	225	225	L. Triassic		Yes		Cu	1747	Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France	Cap Garonne	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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