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Locality Name:
Alban - Le Fraysse Area, Tarn, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 20605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alban - Le Fraysse Area, Tarn, Occitanie, France": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alban - Curvalle
Bennac
Coutery
Gaycre Mine
Las Costes Mine
Le Burg Mine (Le Burc Mine)
Le PruniƩ Mine
Peyreblanque Mine

Latitude: 43°54'28"N
Longitude: 2°26'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.907777777778,2.4386111111111

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2256182,561852162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS256179,561859052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21561855509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)756179,56181,56184,56185,56186,56187,5618811547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3356179,56183,561861935
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2156182700
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1561855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2656179,56183,56184,56185,56186,5618827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu256185,561863846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1561854165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16156185599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O256185,561862970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1561851027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21561869895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2856179,56181,56183,56184,56185,56186,56187,561889617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS456179,56181,56185,5618824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)556179,56181,56185,56186,561877437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3456179,56181,56185,5618714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2256185,5618612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)156185770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21561855674
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4156185369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2656181,56182,56184,56185,56186,5618839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2556179,56181,56185,56187,561883106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81561859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2856179,56181,56182,56184,56185,56186,56187,5618861156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O156185177
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21561855614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)656179,56181,56183,56185,56186,561886417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS356185,56186,5618821482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS156186332
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F156182232
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131561865317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1561824899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1561855251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1561821025



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