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Locality Name:
Aulus-les-Bains, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 46497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aulus-les-Bains, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Col D'Agnès
Laquorre 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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteClayCopperCorundum
CovelliteDescloiziteFluoriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlandite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Macphersonite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O155051470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1550512734
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4155050708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1550513250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6155051919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21550515509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15505111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15505127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6155051359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1550514979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1550515707
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41550503902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1550513531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1550514165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)155051378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61550504135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21550519895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6155050944
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21550519617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15505124243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1550516890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1550511689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4155050407
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2155051201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61550511066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31550495433
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)15505197
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2155051265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2155051987
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)215505111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415505014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215505112537
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl15505132
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2155049313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8255049,550501512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215505139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1550511725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8355049,55050,550519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215505161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21550495614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1550516417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1550515186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1550512473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15505121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4255049,550501934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131550515317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41550511655



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