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Locality Name:
Riviéral, Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France

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

mindat Locality ID: 1713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riviéral, Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, 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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteAutuniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteGypsumMalachite
MarcasiteMeta-autuniteNatroautuniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SchoepiteSphaleriteZippeiteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Abernathyite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heinrichite  (*)Nováčekite-I  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metaheinrichite  (*)Metalodèvite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Opal  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)Schoepite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Trögerite  (*)Umohoite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Uranopilite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abernathyite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O300275016
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)30027503250
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O30027501272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)230027505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)300275011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS330027501089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)300275027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)30027504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2300275027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O3002750566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)230027509895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS300275024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O30027506890
Heinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O300275018
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O300275055
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2300275012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS230027505674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O3002750388
Metaheinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O300275019
Metalodèvite  (*)NoneZn(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O30027507
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3002750443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O3002750182
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O30027502994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3002750428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2300275039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2300275061156
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)300275058
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6300275094
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O300275056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS300275021482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O30027501059
Trögerite  (*)Natroautunite(H3O)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O300275022
Umohoite  (*)None(UO2)(MoO4)·2H2O300275016
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO230027502718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3002750890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O300275094
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO430027501655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O3002750185
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)43002750175


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000662The Lodève Basin covers the entirety of the Hérault department, and is host to oil and uranium.


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
Giersdorf_00000662300275300-275     Yes U14616Hérault, Occitanie, FranceHéraultLandais et al. (1986)10.3406/sgeol.1986.1732SG39_293The 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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