Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South 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: 220043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220043.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 43°4'50"N
Longitude: 6°2'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.080555555556,6.0347222222222

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	Andalusite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Malachite	Matlockite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group
Pharmacosiderite	Rocksalt	Spangolite

Adamite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenocrandallite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bariopharmacoalumite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Capgaronnite ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Iltisite ()*	Lavendulan ()*
Malachite ()*	Mixite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Perroudite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Spangolite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Na O S Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Na O S Ti U Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Autunite Baryte Calcite Malachite Matlockite Mixite None Not in a structural group
Pharmacosiderite Rocksalt Spangolite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	251	225	254
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	225	225	90
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	251	225	2162
Arsenocrandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	251	225	12
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	225	225	5509
Bariopharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Al₄[(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄]·4H₂O	251	225	9
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	251	225	11547
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	251	225	71
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	251	225	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	251	225	27770
Capgaronnite ()*	None	AgHgClS	251	245	11
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	225	225	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	225	225	175
Iltisite ()*	None	HgAgSCl	251	245	3
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	225	225	149
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	225	225	12537
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	225	225	168
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	225	225	492
Perroudite ()*	None	Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂	251	245	23
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	251	225	428
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	225	225	105
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	225	225	185

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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