Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Les Taillées Beach Alluvials, Brétignolles-sur-Mer, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 296

mindat Locality ID: 133659
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133659.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Taillées Beach Alluvials, Brétignolles-sur-Mer, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°39'0"N
Longitude: 1°54'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.65,-1.9058333333333

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: Al O 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CorundumNone

1 IMA Minerals at location:
Corundum  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O329629601797



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
Giersdorf_00000951296296296U-Pb uraniniteP-1 YesUraniniteUraniniteU23933Vendée, Pays De La Loire, FranceVendeeEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Pb207/Pb206 Isotope age for Uraninite Sample
Giersdorf_00000952296296296U-Pbformation agehighuraniniteP-1 YesUraniniteUraniniteU23933Vendée, Pays De La Loire, FranceVendeeEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Age given as the Formation Age of the locality


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