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Locality Name:
Le Port, Massat, Ariège, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 221519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Port, Massat, Ariège, Occitanie, France": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Col D'Agnès
Moureous
Port De Lers

Latitude: 42°49'43"N
Longitude: 1°23'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.828611111111,1.3913888888889
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: Al Au Be Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb Ru S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAmphiboleAndalusiteBerylChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparKhatyrkite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeite
RocksaltRutileSapphirineSerpentineSpinel

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Alluaudite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Anyuiite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaersutite  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Novodneprite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)315503294
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51550371310
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4155035708
Anyuiite  (*)KhatyrkiteAuPb215503510
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181550324286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215503527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41550353902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181550381008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61550354135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6155035944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1550351188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15503524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15503530554
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4155035407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3255034,550365433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2255034,55036179
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2155035226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415503514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1550324924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215503217380
Novodneprite  (*)KhatyrkiteAuPb31550354
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8255035,550361512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2255034,550362273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8255035,550369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2255032,5503861156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5155032206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21550345614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]155033129
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51550371516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4355033,55035,550361934


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