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Locality Name:
Usclas-du-Bosc Quarry (Loiras Quarry; Pioch Camp Quarry), Usclas-du-Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France

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

mindat Locality ID: 134800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Usclas-du-Bosc Quarry (Loiras Quarry; Pioch Camp Quarry), Usclas-du-Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°43'0"N
Longitude: 3°23'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.716666666667,3.3991666666667

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

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

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	300	275	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	300	275	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	300	275	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	300	275	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	275	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	300	275	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	275	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	300	275	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	300	275	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	275	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	300	275	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	300	275	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	300	275	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	275	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	275	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	300	275	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	300	275	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	275	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	300	275	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000662	The Lodève Basin covers the entirety of the Hérault department, and is host to oil and uranium.

1 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
	Giersdorf_00000662	300	275	300-275							Yes			U	14616	Hérault, Occitanie, France	Hérault	Landais et al. (1986)	10.3406/sgeol.1986.1732	SG39_293	The 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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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