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Locality Name:
Carboire, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 393

mindat Locality ID: 1734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carboire, Ariège, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°45'7"N
Longitude: 1°16'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.751944444444,1.2747222222222
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 Al As Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChloritoidCobaltiteEpidoteNonePentlanditePyriteRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Argutite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Briartite  (*)Brunogeierite  (*)
Carboirite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S41939302793
Argutite  (*)RutileGeO2419393011
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS41939309052
Briartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeGeS4419393012
Brunogeierite  (*)SpinelFe2+2Ge4+O4419393012
Carboirite  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2GeO5(OH)241939301
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO241939305171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2419393027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4193930966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS419393024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4419393014899
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4193930767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S841939301512
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS341939301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2419393039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS419393021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1341939305317
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)41939301025


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00200419393Early Devonian        1734Carboire, Ariège, Occitanie, FranceCarboireSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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