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Locality Name:
Les Vieux Travaux 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: 211566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Vieux Travaux Mine, Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Florence Mine

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteDevillineDiaspore
EpsomiteFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteKhademiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRömeriteSphaleriteStarkeyiteSulphurVoltaiteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Khademite  (*)Krausite  (*)
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)5213302734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)5213301588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25213305509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)52133011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS35213301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)52133027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5213304979
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O521330136
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25213309895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O521330484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25213309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS52133024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5213307437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS521330717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5213306890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O521330409
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O521330341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)65213301066
Khademite  (*)KhademiteAl(SO4)F·5H2O52133015
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O52133021
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O52133054
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)252133012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25213305674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O521330915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl5213301107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS252133039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO252133061156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O521330115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2521330454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O521330293
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O521330292
Silver  (*)CopperAg5213305186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)5213302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS52133021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5213302045
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O521330111



2 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
sedexmvt-00119521497Middle Cambrian host rock age   Yes  1689Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, FranceLes MalinesTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00201333333     Yes  1689Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, FranceLes MalinesSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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