Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 521
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33

mindat Locality ID: 1689
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1689.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La 102
La Sanguinede Mine
Les Cèdres Mine
Les Vieux Travaux Mine

Latitude: 43°55'53"N
Longitude: 3°36'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.931388888889,3.6002777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite
Devilline	Diaspore	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Khademite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Römerite	Sphalerite
Starkeyite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Voltaite	Wurtzite

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite
Devilline Diaspore Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Khademite Ktenasite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Römerite Sphalerite
Starkeyite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Voltaite Wurtzite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cesàrolite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coquimbite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Khademite ()*
Krausite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Voltaite ()*	Zincite ()*
Zincrosasite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	521	33	2	55392,55394	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	521	33	1	55394	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	521	33	2	55392,55393	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	521	33	1	55392	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	521	33	1	55392	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	1089
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	521	33	1	55392	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	521	33	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	4979
Cesàrolite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺₃O₆(OH)₂	521	33	1	55392	27
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	521	33	2	55392,55393	27198
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	521	33	1	55394	136
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	521	33	1	55392	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	521	33	1	55392	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	521	33	1	55394	484
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	521	33	0		107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	521	33	1	55394	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	521	33	1	55394	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	521	33	1	55394	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	521	33	1	55394	409
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	521	33	1	55392	1689
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	521	33	1	55394	341
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	521	33	2	55392,55394	1066
Khademite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)F·5H₂O	521	33	1	55394	15
Krausite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·H₂O	521	33	1	55394	21
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	521	33	1	55392	75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	521	33	1	55392	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	521	33	1	55392	987
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	521	33	1	55394	54
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	521	33	2	55392,55394	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	521	33	2	55392,55394	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	521	33	2	55392,55394	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	521	33	1	55394	1107
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	521	33	1	55392	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	521	33	1	55392	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	521	33	2	55392,55394	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	521	33	1	55394	115
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	521	33	2	55392,55394	454
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	521	33	1	55394	293
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	521	33	2	55392,55394	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	521	33	1	55392	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	521	33	1	55394	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	521	33	2	55392,55394	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	521	33	3	55392,55393,55394	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	521	33	2	55392,55394	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	521	33	2	55392,55393	5317
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	521	33	1	55394	111
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	521	33	0		98
Zincrosasite ()*	Malachite	(Zn,Cu)₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	521	33	1	55392	28

2 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
	sedexmvt-00119	521	497	Middle Cambrian		host rock age									1689	Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France	Les Malines	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00201	33	33	33											1689	Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France	Les Malines	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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