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Locality Name:
Argut-Dessus, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 55419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argut-Dessus, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Plan D'Argut Deposit
Rimbatz
Tuc Usclat

Latitude: 42°53'27"N
Longitude: 0°43'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.890833333333,0.72972222222222

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeMalachiteNone
PyritePyrosmaliteQuartzRhodoniteRutileSphaleriteSpinelStannite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Argutite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Briartite  (*)Brunogeierite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Friedelite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Argutite  (*)RutileGeO2255414,5541511
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)155416483
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4079
Briartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeGeS415541412
Brunogeierite  (*)SpinelFe2+2Ge4+O4255414,5541512
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15541627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2255414,554155171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215541627198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81554161756
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16155416599
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)1015541640
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1554167437
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4155416350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315541614640
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4155416172
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415541614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215541612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)155416770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215541639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21554163106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215541461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1554161711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)155416969
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)255414,554166417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS255414,5541521482
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O155416433



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