Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 290
Youngest recorded age at locality: 210

mindat Locality ID: 22181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
La Chapelle Largeau
Le Temple
Melle
Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre
Thorigné
Vasles

Latitude: 46°37'53"N
Longitude: 0°-29'-13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.631388888889,-0.48694444444444

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Dufrénite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Leucophosphite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Schoepite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Wardite	Zircon

Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassetite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*
Coffinite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greigite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ianthinite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Metauranocircite-I ()*	Natrodufrénite ()*	Opal ()*	Uranophane-β ()*
Phosphuranylite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutherfordine ()*
Sabugalite ()*	Saléeite ()*	Schoepite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Studtite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uranopilite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Dufrénite Fluorite Gypsum Leucophosphite Marcasite Nickeline None Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Schoepite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Wardite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	290	210	3	54676,54678,54680	11547
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	290	270	1	54671	51
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	290	210	3	54671,54673,54676	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	290	210	3	54671,54673,54676	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	290	210	1	54678	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	230	210	1	54678	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	290	210	3	54671,54673,54676	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	290	210	1	54676	27198
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	290	210	1	54673	70
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	290	210	1	54676	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	290	210	2	54671,54673	599
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	290	210	1	54673	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	290	210	1	54678	9895
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	290	210	1	54671	139
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	290	210	5	54671,54673,54676,54678,54680	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	230	210	2	54674,54678	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	290	210	3	54671,54673,54676	7437
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	290	210	1	54671	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	290	210	2	54671,54673	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	290	210	3	54671,54673,54676	14640
Ianthinite ()*	None	U⁴⁺₂(UO₂)₄O₆(OH)₄·9H₂O	290	270	2	54671,54676	31
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	290	210	1	54673	110
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	290	210	2	54671,54673	5674
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	443
Metauranocircite-I ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	290	270	2	54671,54673	38
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	290	210	1	54673	46
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	290	210	1	54673	2994
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	290	270	1	54676	144
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	290	210	3	54671,54673,54676	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	290	210	1	54671	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	290	210	4	54671,54673,54676,54678	61156
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	290	270	2	54671,54676	58
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	87
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	95
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	290	270	2	54671,54676	94
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	230	210	2	54671,54678	21482
Studtite ()*	None	(UO₂)(O₂)(H₂O)₂·2H₂O	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	25
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	290	210	1	54671	2045
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	290	270	3	54671,54673,54676	890
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	290	270	1	54671	94

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000657	The La Commanderie Mine locality is found within the Mortagne mining district. The mine is responsible for the production of 3300 tons of Uranium metal. It is part of the Armorican Massif. The Mortagne district is also associated with the Deux-Sèvres area, all part of the Armorican Massif
Giersdorf_00000657a	The La Commanderie Mine locality is found within the Mortagne mining district. The mine is responsible for the production of 3300 tons of Uranium metal. It is part of the Armorican Massif. The Mortagne district is also associated with the Deux-Sèvres area, all part of the Armorican Massif

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
	Giersdorf_00000657	290	270	290-270	U-Pb	The age of mineralization being post-cooling of the 300-340 Ma granite bodies restricts the formation of the Uranium minerals to being genetically derived.								U	32248	La Commanderie Mine, Le Temple, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	La Commanderie Mine	Chauris et al. (1994)		PMGFRA_243	Age of the uranium mineralization in the Armorican Massif is associated with Hercynian peraluminous granites. From pg. 262: "The precise chronology of these mineralizations is not well established. The uranium veins appear to be the oldest (290-270 Ma by U/Pb dating) but underwent late remobilization processes."
	Giersdorf_00000657a	230	210	230-210	K-Ar	The age of mineralization being post-cooling of the 300-340 Ma granite bodies restricts the formation of the Uranium minerals to being genetically derived.								Pb, Zn	32248	La Commanderie Mine, Le Temple, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	La Commanderie Mine	Chauris et al. (1994)		PMGFRA_243	from pg 262: "The lead-zinc veins (230-210 Ma, K-Ar dating) seem to be the youngest and the antimony veins are of intermediate age"

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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