Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ax-les-Thermes, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 258
Youngest recorded age at locality: 254

mindat Locality ID: 146739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ax-les-Thermes, Ariège, Occitanie, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Merens
Orgeix
Petches

Latitude: 42°38'24"N
Longitude: 1°32'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.64,1.5341666666667

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.

Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Clay	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*
Mitridatite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B Ca Ce Fe H K Na O P S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arseniosiderite Clay Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Tourmaline Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	258	254	2	54990,54992	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	258	254	1	54990	2353
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	54991	367
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	258	254	1	54990	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	54991	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	54991	129
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	258	254	1	54990	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	258	254	3	54990,54991,54992	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	54991,54992	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	258	254	3	54990,54991,54992	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	54991	2705
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	258	254	1	54990	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	54992	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_123	258	254	256±2	Ar/Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			72136	Terre Nères Pass, Merens, Ax-les-Thermes, Ariège, Occitanie, France	[Merens Fault]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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