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Locality Name:
La Ramée Mine, Le Boupère, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France

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

mindat Locality ID: 39496
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39496.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Ramée Mine, Le Boupère, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, 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: C Fe H O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe H O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenoliteCalciteNonePyrochloreQuartzStibniteSulphur

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Kermesite  (*)Quartz  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS22962960230
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296296061156
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O32962960179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29629606417
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2962960446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S329629603418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS29629602045
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32962960369



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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