Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caixas, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 252106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caixas, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chapelle Saint-Pons
Fontcouverte

Latitude: 42°36'7"N
Longitude: 2°39'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.601944444444,2.6611111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Adelite	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Digenite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Diaspore Digenite Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	55839	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	55839	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	55837,55839	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	55839	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	55839	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	55839	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	55839	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	55839	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	55839	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	55839	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	55839	27198
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	55839	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	55839	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	55839	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	55839	179
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	55839	144
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	55839	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	55839	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	55839	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	55839	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	55837	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	55839	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	55839	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	55839	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	55839	2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	55839	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	55839	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	55839	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	55839	5674
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	55839	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	55839	39462
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	1	55839	68
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	55839	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	55839	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	55839	249
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	55839	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	55839	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	55839	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	55839	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	55839	293

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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