Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Les Cèdres Mine, 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: 107844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Cèdres Mine, Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°55'38"N
Longitude: 3°35'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.927222222222,3.5925

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	521	33	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	521	33	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	521	33	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	521	33	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	521	33	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	521	33	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	521	33	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	521	33	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	521	33	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	521	33	6890
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	521	33	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	521	33	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	521	33	5317

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					Yes				1689	Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France	Les Malines	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00201	33	33	33							Yes				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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