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Locality Name:
Port-Barcarès, Le Barcarès, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 245535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Port-Barcarès, Le Barcarès, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arènes Beach Alluvials
Grande Plage Beach Alluvials
Le Lido Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 42°48'50"N
Longitude: 3°2'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.813888888889,3.04

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 B Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRutileSpinelStauroliteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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 groupTiO2355969,55970,559712162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5255969,559701310
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)355969,55970,5597111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15596927770
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3255969,559711797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)355969,55970,559718173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3255970,5597114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3355969,55970,559715433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4355969,55970,5597114899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2255970,5597117380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2355969,55970,5597161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2355969,55970,559715614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)355969,55970,559712705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5355969,55970,559711516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4355969,55970,559711934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)155970978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O355969,55970,559714899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)355969,55970,559715251



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