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


mindat Locality ID: 186990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Mayons, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Les Ourses Mines
Rascas - Valpayette Mines

Latitude: 43°17'56"N
Longitude: 6°22'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.298888888889,6.3677777777778
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: C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteChalcopyriteCorundumNickelineNoneOlivinePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSpinelSulphur

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Galena  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1571034979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215710427198
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)157104371
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15710324243
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2157104223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315710414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415710414899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215710439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1571031725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81571049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215710361156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1571032045


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