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Locality Name:
Les Adrets, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 144375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Adrets, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
La Charbonniere Lake
Les Trois Termes Mine
Les Trois Termes Outcrop
Les Trois Vallons Mine
Saint Jean - La Berle Mine

Latitude: 43°30'47"N
Longitude: 6°51'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.513055555556,6.8661111111111
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluorite
GypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMeta-autuniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2257095,570972162
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1570991272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21570955509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15709811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15709827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2357095,57098,5709927198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2457095,57096,57098,570999617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS257098,5709924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1570957437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1570996890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3257095,5709614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3257095,570975433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4257095,570975591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2257095,5709912537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O157099388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O157099443
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1570972994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)257095,570972349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215709839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2557095,57096,57097,57098,5709961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1570996417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15709821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131570985317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1570991059


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