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Locality Name:
Bodennec, Bolazec, Finistère, Brittany, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 400

mindat Locality ID: 18672
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18672.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bodennec, Bolazec, Finistère, Brittany, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°27'44"N
Longitude: 3°36'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.462222222222,-3.6091666666667

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 Au Bi C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteEnargiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Enargite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40040009052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S340040001935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S114004000843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS340040001089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2400400027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S34004000802
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS44004000910
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe2400400040
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15400400055
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS400400024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu400400030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC40040002812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS4004000170
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S144004000784
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)4004000451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4400400014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS240040005674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S244004000158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2400400039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S840040009056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO240040005614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS400400021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S340040003418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1340040005317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S424004000228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)40040005251



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
vms-00484400400Early Devonian       S18672Bodennec, Bolazec, Finistère, Brittany, FranceBodennecMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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