Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Les Vieux Travaux 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: 211566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Vieux Travaux Mine, Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Florence Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Devilline	Diaspore
Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Khademite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Römerite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Voltaite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Khademite ()*	Krausite ()*
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rozenite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Voltaite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Devilline Diaspore
Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Khademite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Römerite Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur Voltaite Wurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	521	33	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	521	33	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	521	33	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	521	33	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	521	33	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	521	33	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	521	33	4979
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	521	33	136
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	521	33	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	521	33	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	521	33	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	521	33	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	521	33	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	521	33	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	521	33	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	521	33	409
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	521	33	341
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	521	33	1066
Khademite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)F·5H₂O	521	33	15
Krausite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·H₂O	521	33	21
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	521	33	54
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	521	33	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	521	33	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	521	33	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	521	33	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	521	33	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	521	33	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	521	33	115
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	521	33	454
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	521	33	293
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	521	33	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	521	33	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	521	33	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	521	33	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	521	33	2045
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	521	33	111

2 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
	sedexmvt-00119	521	497	Middle Cambrian		host rock age					Yes				1689	Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France	Les Malines	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00201	33	33	33							Yes				1689	Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France	Les Malines	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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