Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Razès, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 156

mindat Locality ID: 23636
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23636.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Razès, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Augères-en-Razès
Chanteloube
Chatenet-Moissan Quarry
Etang De Gouillé Quarry
Fanay Mine
Le Fraisse Mine
Le Malabard Quarry
Les Sagnes Mine
Peny Quarry
Santrop
South Monteil Quarry

Latitude: 46°1'22"N
Longitude: 1°20'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.022777777778,1.34

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.

Alluaudite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arrojadite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Clay
Columbite	Corundum	Dufrénite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hureaulite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Leucophosphite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pharmacosiderite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rockbridgeite
Rutile	Stewartite	Strunzite	Topaz	Triplite	Tungstite	Vivianite	Wagnerite	Zircon

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 As Ba Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn U W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Amorphous Apatite Arrojadite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Autunite Baryte Beryl Clay
Columbite Corundum Dufrénite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hureaulite Kaolinite Löllingite Leucophosphite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pharmacosiderite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rockbridgeite
Rutile Stewartite Strunzite Topaz Triplite Tungstite Vivianite Wagnerite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Alluaudite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Arsenuranospathite ()*	Arthurite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassetite ()*
Bendadaite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Ferroalluaudite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterosite ()*	Hureaulite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Purpurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rockbridgeite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stewartite ()*	Strengite ()*
Strunzite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Triplite ()*
Tungstite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranospathite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wolfeite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zwieselite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	54840,54849	8803
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃			3	54839,54840,54845	94
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	54839	244
Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Arrojadite	(KNa)Fe²⁺(CaNa₂)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂			1	54839	50
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	54838	9052
Arsenuranospathite ()*	None	Al(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂F·20H₂O			1	54846	14
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	54840	35
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	280	270	9	54834,54836,54839,54840,54841,54843,54844,54846,54847	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	280	270	3	54843,54844,54846	11547
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀			1	54846	51
Bendadaite ()*	Arthurite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	54840	10
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			4	54839,54840,54842,54847	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			12	54835,54836,54837,54839,54840,54841,54842,54844,54845,54847,54848,54849	4286
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			1	54840	280
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	54835,54840	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	54835	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	54838	1008
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	54840,54845	139
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			3	54835,54839,54840	551
Ferroalluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃			1	54835	11
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	54849	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	280	270	3	54843,54844,54846	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	280	270	4	54843,54844,54846,54849	14640
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)			3	54838,54840,54845	204
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			3	54838,54839,54840	125
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	54840	5591
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	54840	110
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	54835	155
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			2	54839,54840	762
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	54849	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	54840	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	54840	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	54836,54840,54845,54847,54848,54849	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	280	270	1	54843	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			4	54839,54840,54841,54848	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	54840	428
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			3	54835,54838,54840	182
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)			1	54835	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	280	270	2	54839,54843	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	280	270	9	54836,54840,54841,54843,54844,54846,54847,54848,54849	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	54835	206
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	54839,54840	1153
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	54835,54839,54840	1214
Stewartite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	54840	48
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			3	54839,54840,54845	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	54840	98
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	54840	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	280	270	3	54839,54840,54843	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)			4	54835,54839,54840,54845	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F			6	54835,54839,54840,54842,54845,54849	233
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O			1	54840	118
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	280	270	4	54838,54843,54844,54846	2718
Uranospathite ()*	None	(Al, )(UO₂)₂F(PO₄)₂·20H₂O			1	54846	20
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			2	54839,54845	636
Wolfeite ()*	Wagnerite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	54839	43
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	54840	5251
Zwieselite ()*	Triplite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)F			2	54839,54845	47

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000671	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000672	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000673	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000674	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000675	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000676	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000677	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000678	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000679	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000680	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000681	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000682	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000683	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000684	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000685	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000686	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000687	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000688	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex
Giersdorf_00000689	Mines are found in the La Crouzille district, in the Saint-Sylvestre granitic complex

20 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	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_00000671	276	276	276	U-Pb	Primary mineralization of pitchblende/uraninite with pyrite association	high			Yes		Pyrite, Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Age is given for the primary mineralization of the Uranium found in the area
Giersdorf_00000672	270	270	270	Pb	Age for coffinitization of the uraninite and remobilization of U				Yes		Galena	Pb	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Age is derived from a 6 Ma window measured from Pb found in Galena that specifies the duration of the coffinitizaiton process as the source uraninite is altered and remobilized
Giersdorf_00000673	315	315	315	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 1	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000674	300	300	300	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 2	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000675	342	342	342	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 3	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000676	390	390	390	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 4	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000677	165	165	165	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 5	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000678	250	250	250	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 6	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000679	256	256	256	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 7	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000680	426	426	426	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 8	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000681	267	267	267	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 9	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000682	262	262	262	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 10	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000683	173	173	173	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 11	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000684	255	255	255	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 12	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000685	156	156	156	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 13	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000686	180	180	180	Pb-Pb			uraninite	NBS 981 14	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000687	520	520	520	Pb-Pb	The lead release effect of the alteration from uraninite to coffinite is calculated to be 6 Ma on this sample, and is the source of the 6 Ma window of alteration time.		galena	Fanay 574 Galena	Yes	Galena	Galena		1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000688	315	315	315	Pb-Pb			pyrite	Fanay 574 Pyrite	Yes	Pyrite	Pyrite		1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Ages are derived from Pb207/Pb206 ratios after correction
Giersdorf_00000689	175	170	175-170		Age is thought to correspond with the extension tectonism related to the opening of the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Tethys.				Yes				1720	Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Margnac Mine	Leroy et al. (1984)	10.1016/0009-2541(84)90119-0	CG45_121	Age is given for a secondary remobilization of the uraninite, which is undetected by mineralogical studies.
Giersdorf_00000841	280	270	280-270				uraninite			Uraninite		U	19709	Fanay Mine, Razès, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Fanay	Carrat & Kosztolanyi (1987)		CRSAS305_89

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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