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Locality Name:
Saint-Martin-du-Bosc, Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France

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

mindat Locality ID: 281882
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281882.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Martin-du-Bosc, Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Les Mares III

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAutuniteBaryteBournoniteClayGypsumKaoliniteNonePyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Deliensite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rutherfordine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3002751555361272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)30027515553611547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33002751555361089
Deliensite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·7H2O30027515553614
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4300275155536651
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS30027515553624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3002751555366890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63002751555362228
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O30027515553678
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS230027515553639462
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)30027515553658
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS30027515553621482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3002751555362045
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O300275155536890


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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