Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montferrand, Rennes-les-Bains, Aude, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 280243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montferrand, Rennes-les-Bains, Aude, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pech Cardou Mine

Latitude: 42°55'45"N
Longitude: 2°19'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.929166666667,2.3261111111111

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite
Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Adamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Covellite
Malachite Marcasite Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	55156	254
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	55156	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	55156	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	55156	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	55156	172
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	55156	450
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	55156	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	55156	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	55156	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	55156	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	55156	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	55156	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	55156	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	55156	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	55156	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	55156	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	55156	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	55156	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	55156	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	55156	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	55156	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	55156	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	55156	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	55156	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	55156	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	55156	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	55156	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	55156	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	55156	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	55156	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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