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Locality Name:
Les Herbiers, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France

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

mindat Locality ID: 146745
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146745.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Herbiers, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bazoges-en-Paillers
Les Epesses
Les Herbiers Uranium Prospect

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 Be Bi Ca Cd Ce Cu F Fe H K Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AramayoiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylColumbiteFluoriteLillianiteMarcasiteNonePhosphuranylite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileStibniteTopaz

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aramayoite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Galena  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Andorite IV  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S629629615663529
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2962961566359052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2962961566371272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182962961566364286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22962961566365171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6296296156636518
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O29629615663782
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6296296156636414
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S4829629615663554
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS29629615663524243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22962961566355674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2296296156635252
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O296296156637144
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O296296156637182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229629615663539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229629615663561156
Andorite IV  (*)LillianiteAgPbSb3S62962961566357
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S2429629615663534
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32962961566353418
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22962961566361476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2962961566371059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22962961566372718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O296296156637890



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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