Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Les Mares III, Saint-Martin-du-Bosc, Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 275

mindat Locality ID: 19688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19688.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Mares III, Saint-Martin-du-Bosc, Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Autunite	Baryte	Bournonite	Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Sulphur

Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Deliensite ()*	Dickite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Rutherfordine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 H K O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Autunite Baryte Bournonite Clay Gypsum Kaolinite None Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Sulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	300	275	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	300	275	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	300	275	1089
Deliensite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·7H₂O	300	275	14
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	300	275	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	275	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	300	275	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	300	275	2228
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	300	275	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	275	39462
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	300	275	58
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	275	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	300	275	2045
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	300	275	890

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000662	The Lodève Basin covers the entirety of the Hérault department, and is host to oil and uranium.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000662	300	275	300-275							Yes			U	14616	Hérault, Occitanie, France	Hérault	Landais et al. (1986)	10.3406/sgeol.1986.1732	SG39_293	The age of bitumens found in the Basin and the associated uranium mineralizations are described as Autunian in age, and are additionally associated with post-Permian tectonics

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