Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 251
Youngest recorded age at locality: 225

mindat Locality ID: 1747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Gavaresse Workings
North Mine
South Mine

Latitude: 43°4'52"N
Longitude: 6°2'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.081111111111,6.035

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Atacamite	Atelestite
Autunite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Brochantite	Bulachite	Calcite	Caledonite	Carminite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Connellite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Descloizite
Devilline	Diaspore	Digenite	Dundasite	Enargite	Epidote	Fritzscheite	Garnet	Guarinoite	Gypsum
Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Lindackerite	Malachite	Matlockite	Mica	Mixite	Natrochalcite
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Spangolite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Au B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Atacamite Atelestite
Autunite Baryte Brackebuschite Brochantite Bulachite Calcite Caledonite Carminite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Connellite Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Descloizite
Devilline Diaspore Digenite Dundasite Enargite Epidote Fritzscheite Garnet Guarinoite Gypsum
Hexahydrite Kaolinite Ktenasite Linarite Lindackerite Malachite Matlockite Mica Mixite Natrochalcite
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Spangolite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

128 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Allophane ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Arsenocrandallite ()*	Arsenogorceixite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Arsentsumebite ()*	Arthurite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Atelestite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bariopharmacoalumite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bismoclite ()*	Boleite ()*	Bornite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Bromargyrite ()*	Bulachite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Camérolaite ()*
Capgaronnite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cattiite ()*	Ceruleite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Corderoite ()*	Cornubite ()*
Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cumengeite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Deloryite ()*	Devilline ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dravite ()*	Duftite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Enargite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Forêtite ()*	Francevillite ()*	Galena ()*	Gartrellite ()*	Geminite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Guarinoite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Iltisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Langite ()*
Lavendulan ()*	Linarite ()*	Mahnertite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*
Metazeunerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Moorhouseite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Parnauite ()*	Perroudite ()*	Pharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*
Piemontite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pradetite ()*	Pushcharovskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Schulenbergite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thérèsemagnanite ()*	Tsumcorite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Yvonite ()*
Zdenĕkite ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	251	225	1	57089	254
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	225	225	1	57089	90
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	251	225	0		470
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	251	225	0		2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	251	225	1	57089	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	251	225	1	57087	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	225	225	0		246
Arsenocrandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	251	225	1	57089	12
Arsenogorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	251	225	0		15
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	251	225	0		9052
Arsentsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	225	225	0		37
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	225	225	0		35
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	225	225	0		544
Atelestite ()*	Atelestite	Bi₂O(AsO₄)(OH)	251	225	0		47
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	225	225	2	57087,57089	5509
Bariopharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Al₄[(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄]·4H₂O	251	225	2	57088,57089	9
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	251	225	0		150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	251	225	1	57089	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	225	225	2	57087,57088	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	251	225	0		413
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	251	225	1	57089	71
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	225	225	0		65
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	225	225	0		5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	225	225	0		49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	225	225	0		1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	251	225	1	57089	227
Bulachite ()*	Bulachite	Al₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₉(H₂O)₄·2H₂O	251	225	0		5
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	251	225	1	57089	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	225	225	0		359
Camérolaite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₆Al₃(OH)₁₈(H₂O)₂[Sb(OH)₆](SO₄)	225	225	0		15
Capgaronnite ()*	None	AgHgClS	251	245	2	57088,57089	11
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	225	225	0		88
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	251	225	0		178
Cattiite ()*	None	Mg₃(PO₄)₂·22H₂O	251	225	0		8
Ceruleite ()*	None	CuAl₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₄	225	225	0		19
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	251	225	1	57087	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	225	225	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	225	225	0		5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	225	225	1	57088	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	225	225	1	57087	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	225	225	0		90
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	251	225	0		1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	251	245	0		2600
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	225	225	0		127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	225	225	0		363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	225	225	1	57087	295
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	251	225	0		382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	225	225	0		3846
Corderoite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	251	245	1	57088	16
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	225	225	2	57088,57089	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	225	225	1	57089	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	225	225	1	57087	4165
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O	225	225	0		43
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	225	225	1	57087	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	225	225	1	57088	179
Deloryite ()*	None	Cu₄(UO₂)Mo₂O₈(OH)₆	251	245	0		2
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	225	225	0		366
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	225	225	1	57087	57
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	251	225	0		651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	225	225	0		1027
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	251	225	0		648
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	225	225	0		220
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	251	225	1	57088	97
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	225	225	0		910
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	251	225	1	57087	814
Forêtite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂Al₂(AsO₄)(OH,O,H₂O)₆	225	225	1	57088	2
Francevillite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ba(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5H₂O	251	225	0		43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	251	225	1	57087	24243
Gartrellite ()*	None	PbCuFe³⁺(AsO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	225	225	0		41
Geminite ()*	None	Cu²⁺(AsO₃OH)·H₂O	225	225	0		9
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	251	225	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	251	225	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	251	225	0		2812
Guarinoite ()*	Guarinoite	Zn₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·5H₂O	251	225	0		3
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	251	225	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	251	225	0		14640
Iltisite ()*	None	HgAgSCl	251	245	1	57089	3
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	251	225	0		5591
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	225	225	0		75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	225	225	0		593
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	225	225	1	57089	149
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	225	225	0		987
Mahnertite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)Cu₃(AsO₄)₂Cl·5H₂O	225	225	0		5
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	225	225	3	57087,57088,57089	12537
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	251	225	0		42
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	225	225	0		182
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	251	225	2	57087,57088	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	225	225	1	57089	168
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	251	225	0		1508
Moorhouseite ()*	Hexahydrite	Co(SO₄)·6H₂O	251	225	0		14
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	225	225	1	57087	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	251	225	0		17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	225	225	2	57087,57089	492
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	251	225	0		767
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	225	225	0		158
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	225	225	1	57088	105
Perroudite ()*	None	Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂	251	245	1	57089	23
Pharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KAl₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6.5H₂O	251	225	0		17
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	251	225	2	57087,57089	428
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	251	225	1	57088	51
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	251	225	0		260
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	251	225	0		158
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	225	225	0		309
Pradetite ()*	Lindackerite	CoCu₄(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)₂·9H₂O	225	225	0		3
Pushcharovskite ()*	None	K_0.6Cu₁₈[AsO₂(OH)₂]₄[AsO₃OH]₁₀(AsO₄)(OH)_9.6·18.6H₂O	225	225	0		3
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	251	225	1	57087	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	251	225	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	251	225	0		5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	251	225	0		2705
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	225	225	0		142
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	251	225	0		1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	225	225	0		292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	251	225	0		6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	251	225	0		84
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	251	225	0		2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	225	225	2	57088,57089	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	251	225	0		21482
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	225	225	0		90
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	251	225	1	57087	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	225	225	1	57087	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	225	225	0		5317
Thérèsemagnanite ()*	Ktenasite	NaCo₄(SO₄)(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	251	225	0		3
Tsumcorite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbZn₂(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	251	225	0		29
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	251	245	0		1655
Yvonite ()*	None	Cu(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	225	225	0		4
Zdenĕkite ()*	None	NaPbCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	225	225	0		4
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	225	225	1	57089	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	251	225	0		5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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
Hg-00014	251	245		Host Rocks	Capgaronnite, Cinnabar, Iltisite, Perroudite	Hg	1747	Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France		Cathelineau et al. (1990)	10.1016/0040-1951(90)90274-C	TP177_59
Mo-00013	251	245		Host Rocks	Deloryite, Wulfenite	Mo	1747	Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France		Cathelineau et al. (1990)	10.1016/0040-1951(90)90274-C	TP177_59
sedcu-00426	225	225	L. Triassic			Cu	1747	Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France	Cap Garonne	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070484	Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France	https://rruff.info/R070484

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