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Locality Name:
Argelès-sur-Mer, Albères Massif, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 245474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argelès-sur-Mer, Albères Massif, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Château D'Ultrera
Château De Valmy
Les Colomates
Pegmatite Field
Puig De Sallfort
Roc D'en Jourda
Torreneules
Tour De La Massane (Torre De La Maçana)

Latitude: 42°29'42"N
Longitude: 3°1'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.495,3.0311111111111
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 As Au B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerauniteBerylCalcioferrite
ClayCopiapiteCopperFairfielditeFeldsparFillowiteFluoriteGarnetGraftoniteGypsum
HalotrichiteJahnsiteLaueiteLazuliteLipscombiteMelanteriteMicaNoneOlivinePhosphophyllite
PyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStrunziteTarbuttiteTourmalineTriplite
VesuvianiteVivianiteWagneriteZircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Ferrolaueite  (*)Fillowite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graftonite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Lazulite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Messelite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Parascholzite  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)Plimerite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rosemaryite  (*)Sarcopside  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schoonerite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Tarbuttite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)Wyllieite  (*)Xanthoxenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)255759,557618803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31557612353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5255758,557711310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS255758,557619052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O455758,55759,55761,557641272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15576111547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O155761136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18255761,557634286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O155761280
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4155761321
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O255758,55759382
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181557621008
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)155761108
Ferrolaueite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O1557615
Fillowite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaMn2+11(PO4)9255758,5576114
Gold  (*)CopperAu15577030554
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2355758,55759,55761107
Graphite  (*)NoneC1557612812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1557616890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O255758,55759409
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4155761407
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)155761204
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH155761367
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O15576127
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61557612228
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2155761232
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)215576147
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O255758,55759915
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O15576143
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1557614924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O155761129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2955757,55758,55760,55761,55764,55767,55768,55770,5577117380
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O15576112
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O15576129
Plimerite  (*)RockbridgeiteZn2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)1557618
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215576139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2355759,55761,5577161156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5355758,55759,55761206
Rosemaryite  (*)None   NaMn2+(Fe3+Al)(PO4)31557617
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2355758,55759,5576158
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1557654894
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O15576113
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)555761,55762,55768,55770,557712705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15576121482
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O15576198
Tarbuttite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(PO4)(OH)15576111
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O355758,55759,557611059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)155761313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F155761233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2355758,55759,557612718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101557681395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O355758,55759,55761636
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F355758,55759,5576161
Wyllieite  (*)NoneNaNaMn(Fe2+Al)(PO4)315576117
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O15576129
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1557615251


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