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Locality Name:
Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 135270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Baume
La Maladrerie
Macarou
Sanvensa

Latitude: 44°20'24"N
Longitude: 2°3'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.34,2.0572222222222

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: Ag As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H I Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
CobaltiteCopperCorundumDevillineDiasporeDigeniteGypsumKtenasiteLöllingiteLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Digenite  (*)Elyite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Iodargyrite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Munakataite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Oxyplumboroméite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Petewilliamsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1553202793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)255319,553202734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O155319445
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6155319919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21553195509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)255319,5532011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6155319413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7155319450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31553191935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3255319,553201089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61553231633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)255319,5532027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6155319359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)355319,55320,553234979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1553195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2255319,5532027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS155319966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1553193846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1553192970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O155319366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1553191027
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O15531985
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12155319663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3155319105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS455319,55320,55323,5532424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1553197437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1553196890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315531914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O255319,553211689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6255319,553201066
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI155319180
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O155319593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2355319,55320,55323987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2255319,5532012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21553195674
Munakataite  (*)LinaritePb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4255319,5532022
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs155319633
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O715532033
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS155319767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs215531952
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]155319249
Petewilliamsite  (*)None(Ni,Co)30(As2O7)151553202
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2255319,5532039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl555319,55320,55321,55323,553241725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2255320,5532461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2155319233
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O15531968
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2255319,55320454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O155319142
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21155319165
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O155319292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1553206417
Silver  (*)CopperAg255319,553245186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3155319531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1553192473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS355319,55320,5532421482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1553202045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131553195317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4255319,553201655



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