Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Mine, 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: 220042
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220042.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Mine, Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°4'53"N
Longitude: 6°2'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.081388888889,6.0352777777778

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Chalcophyllite	Cyanotrichite	Dundasite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Spangolite

Bariopharmacoalumite ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Capgaronnite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Corderoite ()*
Cornubite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Forêtite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Spangolite ()*

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 Cl Cu H Hg O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Cl Cu H Hg O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Chalcophyllite Cyanotrichite Dundasite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Spangolite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bariopharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Al₄[(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄]·4H₂O	251	225	9
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	225	225	172
Capgaronnite ()*	None	AgHgClS	251	245	11
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	225	225	194
Corderoite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	251	245	16
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	225	225	109
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	225	225	179
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	251	225	97
Forêtite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂Al₂(AsO₄)(OH,O,H₂O)₆	225	225	2
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	225	225	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	251	225	1107
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	225	225	105
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	251	225	51
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	225	225	105

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	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	Yes	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	Yes	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		Yes		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

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