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Locality Name:
Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 275

mindat Locality ID: 279662
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279662.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Plane MCO (La Plane Mine)
Mas Lavayre
Riviéral
Saint-Martin-du-Bosc

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAragoniteAutuniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluorite
GypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeta-autuniteNatroautuniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSchoepiteSphaleriteSulphurZippeiteZircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Abernathyite  (*)Andersonite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayleyite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Deliensite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Heinrichite  (*)Nováčekite-I  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metaheinrichite  (*)Metalodèvite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)Saléeite  (*)
Schoepite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Trögerite  (*)Umohoite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abernathyite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O30027515553416
Andersonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O30027515553347
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)300275255533,555343250
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O300275355533,55534,555361272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2300275255533,555345509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)300275355533,55534,5553611547
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O30027515553338
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3300275355533,55534,555361089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)300275255533,5553427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)300275255533,555344979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2300275255533,5553427198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O300275155534566
Deliensite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·7H2O300275255533,5553614
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4300275255533,55536651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2300275255533,555349895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS300275355533,55534,5553624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O300275355533,55534,555366890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS30027515553262
Heinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O30027515553418
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O30027515553455
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63002751555362228
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O30027515553678
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2300275255533,5553412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2300275255533,555345674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O300275255533,55534388
Metaheinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O30027515553419
Metalodèvite  (*)NoneZn(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O3002751555347
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O300275255533,55534443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O300275255533,55534182
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3002751555342994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O300275155534428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2300275355533,55534,5553639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2300275255533,5553461156
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)300275255534,5553658
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1030027515553395
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)630027515553494
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O30027515553456
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS300275355533,55534,5553621482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3002751555362045
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O300275255533,555341059
Trögerite  (*)Natroautunite(H3O)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O30027515553422
Umohoite  (*)None(UO2)(MoO4)·2H2O30027515553416
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2300275255533,555342718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O300275355533,55534,55536890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O300275255533,5553494
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43002751555341655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O300275255533,55534185
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4300275255533,55534175


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000662The Lodève Basin covers the entirety of the Hérault department, and is host to oil and uranium.


1 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_00000662300275300-275     Yes U14616Hérault, Occitanie, FranceHéraultLandais et al. (1986)10.3406/sgeol.1986.1732SG39_293The age of bitumens found in the Basin and the associated uranium mineralizations are described as Autunian in age, and are additionally associated with post-Permian tectonics

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