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Locality Name:
Luzenac, Ariège, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 285154
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285154.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luzenac, Ariège, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Trimouns Talc Mine

Latitude: 42°48'15"N
Longitude: 1°48'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.804166666667,1.8022222222222
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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P REE S Sb Sc Si Sn Th Ti W Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBastnäsiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFornaciteGadoliniteGarnetGatelite
GypsumHellanditeMalachiteMicaMonaziteNickelineNonePalygorskiteParisitePyrite
QuartzRutileScheeliteStibniteStilbiteSulphurTalcThortveititeTitaniteTourmaline
VesuvianiteZircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Dissakisite-(Ce)  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Gatelite-(Ce)  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)
Malachite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Stellerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Talc  (*)Thortveitite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Trimounsite-(Y)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6155027141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1550278803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)155027706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31550272353
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1550273250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1550279052
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F155027304
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2155027700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15502727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21550275171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215502727198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81550271756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1550271025
Dissakisite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Mg)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)15502711
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21550279895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1550278173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1550272740
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2155027163
Gatelite-(Ce)  (*)Gatelite(Ca,Ce)4(Al,Mg,Fe)4(Si2O7)(SiO4)3(O,F,OH)31550272
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1550277437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1550272812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1550276890
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Y2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)215502718
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)15502755
Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2(SiO4)(CO3)1550278
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215502712537
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)155027945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215502717380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O155027306
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2155027112
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21550272273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215502739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81550279056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215502761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21550275614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1550274894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1550272705
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O155027189
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31550273418
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O155027268
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1550272045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F155027232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21550273337
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O715502754
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1550274899
Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)FornaciteCe2Al(SiO4)2(OH)15502723
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21550272562
Trimounsite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2Ti2SiO91550271
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101550271395
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)155027939


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060283Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Occitanie, Francehttps://rruff.info/R060283

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