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Locality Name:
Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 180
Youngest recorded age at locality: 135

mindat Locality ID: 23779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Antully
Autun
Bourbon-Lancy
Cressy-sur-Somme Quarry
Dezize-Lès-Maranges
Dracy-Saint-Loup
Fontaines
Gilly-sur-Loire
Gourdon
Gueugnon
Issy-l'Evêque
La Chapelle-de-Guinchay
Le Creusot
Lucenay-l'Evêque
Mâcon
Marmagne
Matour
Mesvres
Montcenis
Saint-Léger-du-Bois
Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray

Latitude: 46°46'10"N
Longitude: 4°20'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.769444444444,4.3341666666667
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryte
CalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteFritzscheiteGarnetGermaniteGypsumKaolinite
LepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeta-autuniteMicaMiniumMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePhosphuranylitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeTopazVivianiteWurtziteWölsendorfiteZippeiteZircon

110 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chessexite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Colusite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fritzscheite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Nováčekite-I  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ianthinite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Macphersonite  (*)Magnesiozippeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Parsonsite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Plumbotsumite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renardite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scotlandite  (*)Sellaite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Susannite  (*)
Svanbergite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Vinciennite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Vochtenite  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21522523419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)252251,522888803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31522582353
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)352302,52304,523072734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2252302,523043092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1523013250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O152275194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS180170552248,52251,52266,52301,523079052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6152303919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1801351252265,52266,52268,52269,52270,52271,52272,52289,52290,52294,52295,522971272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2552249,52281,52302,52304,523075509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1801701652242,52244,52248,52249,52258,52268,52269,52271,52275,52279,52281,52283,52302,52303,52304,5230711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4180135452248,52265,52302,523045516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)180135752252,52265,52275,52286,52302,52303,5230427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6252303,52304359
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1522991184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2252251,522585171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1801351052265,52268,52269,52271,52279,52281,52302,52303,52304,523074979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S180170452248,52266,52302,523045707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21801351352248,52251,52252,52265,52266,52269,52271,52281,52302,52303,52304,52305,5230727198
Chessexite  (*)NoneNa4Ca2Mg3Al8(SiO4)2(SO4)10(OH)10·40H2O1522792
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O252301,523073531
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O180170352268,52269,52295566
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6152245289
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16152248110
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31522581797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS180135652248,52265,52266,52279,52302,523044165
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O180170252262,5226682
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)152248481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S252302,523041027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2180135752256,52265,52271,52281,52302,52303,523049895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4152248910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)252252,523008173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)152251551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21801351552242,52251,52264,52265,52266,52269,52271,52275,52279,52281,52302,52303,52304,52306,523079617
Fritzscheite  (*)FritzscheiteMn2+(UO2)2(VO4,PO4)2·4H2O1522434
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1801351252248,52265,52266,52268,52269,52271,52279,52281,52302,52303,52304,5230724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)752249,52252,52275,52281,52302,52304,523057437
Gold  (*)CopperAu252248,5225830554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6152292121
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS152301717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O452253,52279,52281,523016890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3180135852249,52265,52275,52281,52302,52303,52304,5230614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O452302,52303,52304,523071689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2152307201
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O15226255
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61523011066
Ianthinite  (*)NoneU4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4·9H2O15226231
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61522832228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4352248,52251,523075591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O180135452265,52266,52269,52271198
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS415224882
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O152281593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2252303,52307265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)252248,52249581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2352303,52304,52307987
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)215230311
Magnesiozippeite  (*)ZippeiteMg(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O0015226214
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4252258,5230514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2652249,52252,52281,52302,52304,5230712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)152300770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2180135352265,52266,522695674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS815224892
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O152249915
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O180135552265,52266,52269,52270,52294388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O180170152266443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1522514924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl180170552268,52281,52302,52304,523071107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4152307247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21522485800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215225117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1522862994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1522882349
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O180135252265,52266144
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)2180135452262,52265,52266,5227163
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81523011512
Plumbotsumite  (*)NonePb5Si4O8(OH)101523076
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21801351252248,52252,52255,52265,52266,52269,52271,52279,52281,52305,52306,5230739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2252301,523063106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl180135952265,52268,52269,52271,52281,52302,52303,52304,523071725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2152248771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81523059056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21801702152244,52248,52251,52266,52268,52269,52271,52275,52279,52281,52288,52291,52294,52298,52301,52302,52303,52304,52305,52306,5230761156
Renardite  (*)NonePb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4·7H2O1801701522667
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10152275312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2352248,52258,522595614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1522511153
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)15230325
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF215227946
Silver  (*)CopperAg1523015186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1523012473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS180135852265,52266,52269,52271,52279,52302,52304,5230721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4152248668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1215224880
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)215230399
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6152248105
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2252251,522581476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O180170552251,52266,52269,52271,522721059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O180170252272,52299628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2180135752262,52265,52266,52269,52271,52289,522912718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O180170452262,52267,52270,5227189
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O180135452265,52266,52289,52295890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O180135252265,5226694
Vinciennite  (*)NoneCu10Fe4SnAsS1615224813
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O152301636
Vochtenite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+(UO2)4(PO4)4(OH)·12-13H2O1522625
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O18017015226643
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4552281,52302,52303,52304,523071655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)152251939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1522515251


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
Giersdorf_00000825135135135U-Pb uraninite   UraniniteUraniniteU19623Bauzot Mine, Grury, Issy-l'Evêque, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, FranceBauzot MineChervet et al. (1953) CEAR_236 
Giersdorf_00000838180170175±5  uraninite   Uraninite U19623Bauzot Mine, Grury, Issy-l'Evêque, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, FranceBauzot MineCarrat & Kosztolanyi (1987) CRSAS305_89 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050608La Faye Mine, Grury, Issy-l'Evêque, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francehttps://rruff.info/R050608
R060154La Faye Mine, Grury, Issy-l'Evêque, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francehttps://rruff.info/R060154
R050470La Faye Mine, Grury, Issy-l'Evêque, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francehttps://rruff.info/R050470

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