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


mindat Locality ID: 235429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bennac, Alban - Le Fraysse Area, Tarn, Occitanie, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bennac Mine
La Mouline

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBrookiteCalciteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileTitanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Titanite  (*)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 groupTiO21561822162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15618111547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2156182700
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21561819617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15618124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1561817437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315618114640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2256181,5618239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21561813106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2256181,5618261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1561816417
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F156182232
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1561824899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1561821025



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