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


mindat Locality ID: 256743
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256743.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Château De Valmy, Argelès-sur-Mer, Albères Massif, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Feldspar Quarries (Mas De L'Abat)

Latitude: 42°31'37"N
Longitude: 3°1'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.526944444444,3.0263888888889
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Fe H K Mn Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteAutuniteClayCopiapiteFeldsparFillowiteFluoriteGraftoniteHalotrichite
MelanteriteMicaNoneQuartzRockbridgeiteVivianiteWagnerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Fillowite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Sarcopside  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1557598803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1557591272
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O155759382
Fillowite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaMn2+11(PO4)9014
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2155759107
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O155759409
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O155759915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215575961156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5155759206
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)215575958
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1557591059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21557592718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O155759636
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F15575961


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