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


mindat Locality ID: 279721
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279721.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fontcouverte, Caixas, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mas Vicenç

Latitude: 42°36'7"N
Longitude: 2°39'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.601944444444,2.6613888888889

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 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: 
AdeliteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
CovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeDigeniteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteUllmannite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Ramsbeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1558392734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1558393250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1558399052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6155839919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21558395509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15583911547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61558391633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15583927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1558394979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1558395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215583927198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)155839363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1558394165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1558392970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2155839179
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2155839144
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4155839651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1558391027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15583924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1558397437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1558396890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61558391066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31558395433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61558392228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O155839593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2155839987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215583912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21558395674
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS155839767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215583939462
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O15583968
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21558395614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1558396417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4155839249
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1558392473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15583921482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1558392045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131558395317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS155839293



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