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


mindat Locality ID: 264553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fontpédrouse, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Carança Lakes
Fossa Del Gegant
Grau De La Valleta
L'Estanyol Mine
La Grimauda
Mitja Pass
Pla Dels Bocs
Prats De Bassibès Peak
Prats-Balaguer
Ras De La Carança

Latitude: 42°26'6"N
Longitude: 2°9'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.435,2.1597222222222
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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBerylChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumFeldsparMalachiteMica
NonePyriteQuartzTalc

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21559303419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1559308803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1559299052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181559374286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41559295516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215593827198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81559301756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21559369895
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3255932,5593514640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215592912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215593717380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21559302273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215592939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2255929,5593861156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21559293337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2355929,55931,559362562


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