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Locality Name:
Saitt Goussaud, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 338.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 326.5

mindat Locality ID: 50080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saitt Goussaud, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 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

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: As Fe H O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteLöllingiteNone

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS338.7326.509052
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2338.7326.50762
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O338.7326.501153



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_488St-Goussaud leucogranite is intrusive, belonging to the most differentiated unit of the eastern part of the Brâme-St-Sylvestre leucogranitic complex near Limousin. It hosts a network of quartz, wolframite and cassiterite veins.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_488338.7326.5332.6±6.1U-PbAge of wolframite crystallizationwolframiteBOS3c    50080Saitt Goussaud, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceSt-Goussaud depositHarlaux et al. (2018)10.1007/s00126-017-0721-0MD53_21Age of wolframite crystallization from the Bossabut W±Sn showing at the margin but within the Goussaud granite.


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