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Locality Name:
Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 50973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Argut-Dessus
Ausson
Bagnères-de-Luchon
Baren
Bélesta-en-Lauragais
Boussens
Chaum
Couledoux
Gaud
Luchon
Moncaup
Pal Bidao
Saint-Béat
Saint-Jory
Salies-du-Salat
Toulouse

Latitude: 43°6'54"N
Longitude: 0°54'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.115,0.90944444444444

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 As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cr Cu F Fe Ge H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylBrauniteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCristobaliteCubaniteDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumIronLöllingiteMalachiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTourmalineWurtziteZircon

86 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Argutite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Birnessite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Braunite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Briartite  (*)
Brunogeierite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celsian  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Copper  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Friedelite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)
Keilite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Niningerite  (*)Nsutite  (*)
Oldhamite  (*)Opal  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1554252793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2355425,55450,554513419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1554508803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51554381310
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1554501588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21554303092
Argutite  (*)RutileGeO2655414,55415,55435,55436,55437,5544511
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS255425,554349052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1554381272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181554384286
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O255420,55423178
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1554251966
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)155416483
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)415541379
Briartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeGeS415541412
Brunogeierite  (*)SpinelFe2+2Ge4+O4755414,55415,55435,55436,55437,55441,5544512
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)755416,55425,55426,55430,55434,55451,5545327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2755414,55415,55434,55435,55436,55437,554455171
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)155425100
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2455416,55425,55434,5545127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41554183902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4155440951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81554161756
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O615544794
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1554251025
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8155430181
Copper  (*)CopperCu1554183846
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2155447453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16155416599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61554184135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21554509895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)155450648
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6155447944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)355434,55450,554518173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21554349617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12155445663
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)1015541640
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS355425,55434,5544524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)355416,55425,554347437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15542530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC255434,554472812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS155425717
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS155432170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O255419,554506890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4155416350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3255416,5545014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3255418,554255433
Iron  (*)IronFe255418,554471089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3155418191
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4155416172
Keilite  (*)RocksaltFeS1554476
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2155425762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)155418451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1554401487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4355416,55425,5544014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2255416,5545112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)155416770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215543017380
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS15544728
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x255420,55423121
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS15544758
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1554402994
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS155434767
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2255450,554511898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2655416,55425,55430,55434,55450,5545139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21554163106
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)1015542538
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8255425,554349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2855414,55420,55425,55429,55430,55434,55450,5545161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)255416,554201711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)355416,55420,55422969
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2155447148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21554345614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1554282705
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P155447374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)355414,55416,554256417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1554255186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS855414,55415,55425,55434,55435,55436,55437,5544521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41554181934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4155434668
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)155418703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi155418116
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O255416,55423433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21554252562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS255418,554471044
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1554345251



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