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

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

mindat Locality ID: 283059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Temple, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Commanderie Mine

Latitude: 46°55'23"N
Longitude: 0°-49'-36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.923055555556,-0.82666666666667
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeDufréniteFluoriteGypsumLeucophosphiteMarcasite
NonePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzWarditeZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metauranocircite-I  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Opal  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sabugalite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Studtite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)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)2·10-12H2O2902701546731272
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42902101546735516
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O290210154673280
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2902101546735707
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O29021015467370
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O290270154673566
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16290210154673599
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O29021015467360
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22902101546739617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2902101546737437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2902101546736890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O329021015467314640
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O290210154673110
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22902101546735674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O290270154673443
Metauranocircite-I  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O29027015467338
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O29021015467346
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2902101546732994
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O290270154673182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229021015467339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229021015467361156
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O29027015467387
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1029027015467395
Studtite  (*)None(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2·2H2O29027015467325
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2902701546731059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22902701546732718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O290270154673890


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000657The 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_00000657aThe 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 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_00000657290270290-270U-PbThe age of mineralization being post-cooling of the 300-340 Ma granite bodies restricts the formation of the Uranium minerals to being genetically derived.     U32248La Commanderie Mine, Le Temple, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceLa Commanderie MineChauris et al. (1994) PMGFRA_243Age 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_00000657a230210230-210K-ArThe 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, Zn32248La Commanderie Mine, Le Temple, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceLa Commanderie MineChauris et al. (1994) PMGFRA_243from 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"

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