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Locality Name:
La Sanguinede Mine, Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 521
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33

mindat Locality ID: 211565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Sanguinede Mine, Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°56'9"N
Longitude: 3°36'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.935833333333,3.6080555555556

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineGypsumKtenasiteLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)
Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)5213302734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5213303250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6521330919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25213305509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)52133011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7521330450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS35213301089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)452133079
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)52133027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5213304979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)252133027
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS252133027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O5213302970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O521330366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25213309895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS52133024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5213306890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O5213301689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)65213301066
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O52133075
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O521330593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2521330987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)252133012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25213305674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O521330915
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O521330309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS252133039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl5213301725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO252133061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2521330454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O521330292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5213306417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)5213302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS52133021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5213302045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135213305317
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)252133028



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
sedexmvt-00119521497Middle Cambrian host rock age   Yes  1689Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, FranceLes MalinesTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00201333333     Yes  1689Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, FranceLes MalinesSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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