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


mindat Locality ID: 259444
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259444.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corsavy, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Batère Mines
Correc De La Descarga
Correc De Las Canals
Gorges De La Fou (Les Balmes)

Latitude: 42°30'16"N
Longitude: 2°32'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.504444444444,2.5444444444444

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 C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFluorite
GarnetGypsumLepidocrociteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTourmalineWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31559042353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21559043092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1559043250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6155909919
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31559041089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)355904,55906,5590927770
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O155904197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215590427198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6255904,559074135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21559049895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1559048173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21559099617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15590424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1559047437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS155909717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O255904,559096890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3355904,55905,5590614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O255904,559091689
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)155904581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415590414899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)155904770
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O155904306
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2255904,559072273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215590439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2255904,5590961156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O155904177
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1559046417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51559041516
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)255904,559092473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS255904,5590921482
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1559081025



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