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Locality Name:
Vielle-Aure, Aure Valley, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 280427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vielle-Aure, Aure Valley, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Coustou Mine
Torrens Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAndalusiteApatiteAxiniteBrauniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCobaltite
ColumbiteCoronaditeDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetHumiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSerpentineSodalite
SphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTitaniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWagneriteWeliniteWollastonite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diopside  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Friedelite  (*)Galena  (*)Groutite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Humite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Manganite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nabiasite  (*)
Nsutite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Sarkinite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sonolite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sussexite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Tinzenite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Vanadoandrosite-(Ce)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Vuorelainenite  (*)Welinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS155468312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1554688803
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)215546877
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51554681310
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O155468178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41554685516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)155468483
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2155468101
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)415546883
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215546827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS155468966
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16155468599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61554684135
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O155468814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1554682740
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)10255468,5546940
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15546824243
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)15546872
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S155468237
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)155468469
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F215546880
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2155468234
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)155468770
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1554681066
Nabiasite  (*)NoneBaMn9(VO4)6(OH)21554685
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x155468121
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21554683106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215546861156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO215546888
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)255468,554691711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)255468,55469969
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)15546830
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4155468249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51554681516
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)215546850
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31554681214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15546821482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O155468456
Sussexite  (*)NoneMn2+BO2(OH)15546825
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)155468240
Tinzenite  (*)AxiniteCa2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)215546824
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1554684899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O155468433
Vanadoandrosite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteMnCe(V3+AlMn2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1554681
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101554681395
Vuorelainenite  (*)SpinelMn2+V3+2O41554689
Welinite  (*)WeliniteMn2+6(W6+   )(SiO4)2O4(OH)21554686



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