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Locality Name:
Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 297.2

mindat Locality ID: 155552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Fontasse
La Quille Du Roy
Montredon Mine
Peyrebrune

Latitude: 43°44'14"N
Longitude: 2°18'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.737222222222,2.3102777777778

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite
Tourmaline	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Anatase ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Ferrisurite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kentrolite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*	Semseyite ()*	Senarmontite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tubulite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Descloizite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite
Tourmaline Xanthoconite

49 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	485.4	443.8	1	56217	2793
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	485.4	443.8	1	56217	2162
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	485.4	443.8	1	56217	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	485.4	297.2	2	56214,56217	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	485.4	443.8	1	56217	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	318.2	297.2	1	56214	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	318.2	297.2	1	56214	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	318.2	297.2	1	56214	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	485.4	443.8	1	56217	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	485.4	443.8	1	56217	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485.4	297.2	3	56215,56217,56218	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	318.2	297.2	1	56214	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	485.4	443.8	1	56217	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	485.4	297.2	2	56214,56217	27198
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	485.4	443.8	1	56217	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	485.4	443.8	1	56217	9895
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	305.7	297.2	1	56214	551
Ferrisurite ()*	None	Pb_2.4Fe³⁺₂Si₄O₁₀(CO₃)_1.7(OH)₃·nH₂O	485.4	443.8	1	56217	4
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	485.4	297.2	2	56214,56217	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485.4	297.2	2	56217,56218	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	485.4	297.2	3	56212,56213,56217	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	485.4	443.8	1	56217	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	485.4	443.8	2	56215,56217	1689
Kentrolite ()*	None	Pb₂Mn³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)	485.4	443.8	1	56217	22
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	485.4	443.8	1	56217	230
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	485.4	443.8	1	56217	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	485.4	297.2	2	56214,56217	5674
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	485.4	443.8	1	56217	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	485.4	443.8	1	56217	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	485.4	443.8	1	56217	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485.4	297.2	2	56214,56217	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	485.4	443.8	1	56217	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	485.4	443.8	1	56217	1725
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	485.4	443.8	1	56217	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485.4	443.8	1	56217	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485.4	297.2	3	56212,56214,56217	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	485.4	443.8	1	56217	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	318.2	297.2	1	56214	2705
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	485.4	443.8	1	56217	165
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	485.4	443.8	1	56217	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	485.4	297.2	2	56217,56218	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	485.4	443.8	1	56217	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	485.4	443.8	1	56217	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485.4	297.2	3	56214,56217,56218	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	318.2	297.2	1	56214	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	485.4	443.8	1	56217	3418
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	485.4	443.8	1	56217	232
Tubulite ()*	None	Ag₂Pb₂₂Sb₂₀S₅₃	485.4	443.8	1	56217	2
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	485.4	443.8	1	56217	303

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_478	Sample collected from mine dumps. The Lacoste-La Frégère vein system is the largest of several tungsten deposits within the district.
Michelle_479	Sample collected from mine dumps. The Lacoste-La Frégère vein system is the largest of several tungsten deposits within the district.
Michelle_480	Sample collected from mine dumps. The Lacoste-La Frégère vein system is the largest of several tungsten deposits within the district.
Michelle_481	Located along the Dadou river, Rivet Quarry is within the Peyrebrune Pb–Zn–Ag ore field and mined for gravel. The Rivet Quarry is composed of metabasalt and metadolerite, correlating to the Stage II, main mineralization stage of the Peyrebrune region. Tubulite is associated with galena, pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, stibnite, and Sb sulfosalts of Pb, Ag and Cu, in a gangue of quartz, baryte and carbonates.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_478	303.4	297.2	300.3 ± 3.1	Ar-Ar	Maximum age of tungsten emplacement	muscovite	ML-1	Muscovite	W	155552	Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, France	Montredon-Labessonnié	Harlaux et al. (2018)	10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0	MD53_21	Maximum age of tungsten emplacement
Michelle_479	305.7	299.3	302.5 ± 3.2	Ar-Ar	Maximum age of tungsten emplacement	biotite	ML-1		W	155552	Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, France	Montredon-Labessonnié	Harlaux et al. (2018)	10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0	MD53_21	Maximum age of tungsten emplacement
Michelle_480	318.2	313.6	315.9 ± 2.3	U-Pb	Age of wolframite crystallization	wolframite	ML-1			155552	Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, France	Montredon-Labessonnié	Harlaux et al. (2018)	10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0	MD53_21	Age of wolframite crystallization
Michelle_481	485.4	443.8	Ordovician		Age of metabasalt and metadolerite					20602	Le Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune, Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn, Occitanie, France	Rivet Quarry	Moëlo et al. (2013)	10.1127/0935-1221/2013/0025-2334	EJM25_1017	Age of metabasalt and metadolerite, part of the Stage II mineralization period of the Peyrebrune Pb–Zn–Ag ore field.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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