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Locality Name:
La Garde Freinet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 297275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Garde Freinet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Basse Cour - Les Guierets
Saint Daumas - Pic Martin Mines
Vaucron Mine

Latitude: 43°19'58"N
Longitude: 6°26'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.332777777778,6.4422222222222

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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBournoniteCalciteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Kyanite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21570475509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)657044,57046,57047,57048,57051,5705311547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31570471089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)357046,57049,5705227770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21570499895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2957044,57046,57047,57048,57049,57050,57051,57052,570539617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS957044,57046,57047,57048,57049,57050,57051,57052,5705324243
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41570451507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215704712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215705039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2957044,57046,57047,57048,57049,57050,57051,57052,5705361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1570455186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS857042,57046,57047,57048,57049,57050,57052,5705321482



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