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Locality Name:
La Rabasse Mine, Avène, Hérault, Occitanie, France

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

mindat Locality ID: 19727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Rabasse Mine, Avène, Hérault, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°46'33"N
Longitude: 3°4'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.775833333333,3.0811111111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Epsomite	Fluorite	Löllingite	Melanterite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goslarite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Epsomite Fluorite Löllingite Melanterite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Stibnite Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	300	275	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	300	275	9052
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	300	275	172
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	300	275	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	300	275	1089
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	300	275	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	275	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	300	275	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	300	275	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	275	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	300	275	188
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	300	275	1689
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	300	275	915
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	300	275	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	300	275	176
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	275	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	300	275	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	275	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	300	275	233
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	300	275	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	275	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	300	275	2718

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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