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Locality Name:
Argelès-Gazost, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 221524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argelès-Gazost, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gave D’Azun River Alluvials
Pierrefitte

Latitude: 42°58'46"N
Longitude: 0°-4'-18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.979444444444,-0.071666666666667
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 Au Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Nb Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAlstoniteAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaotiteBaryteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltite
CopperCorundumEpidoteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelStauroliteWurtziteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alstonite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baotite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alstonite  (*)AlstoniteBaCa(CO3)215546024
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51554581310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1554599052
Baotite  (*)BaotiteBa4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl15546027
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15545811547
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb155461175
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21554585171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2355458,55459,5546127198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS155461966
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)155461180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1554588173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS355458,55459,5546124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15545830554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS155461717
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2155461223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315545814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31554585433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4255458,5546114899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2255458,5545939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8255459,554619056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215545861156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51554581516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS255459,5546121482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)155458978
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1554585251


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