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


mindat Locality ID: 186989
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186989.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fontsante Mine
Garrot Mines
Maraval Mine

Latitude: 43°33'19"N
Longitude: 6°47'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.555277777778,6.7844444444444

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCoquimbiteCorundumFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sellaite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1571222793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21571223092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs157122379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3157122231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1571229052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)357122,57123,5712411547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31571221089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)357122,57123,5712427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1571224979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215712227198
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O157122136
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21571229895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2357122,57123,571249617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS257122,5712324243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1571222812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315712414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61571222228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41571225591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2257122,5712412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2257122,571245674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O157122915
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O15712230
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3157122733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2357122,57123,5712439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81571229056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2357122,57123,5712461156
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF215712246
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)257123,571246417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15712221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4157122586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1571222045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131571225317



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