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Locality Name:
Avène, Hérault, Occitanie, France

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

mindat Locality ID: 284617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avène, Hérault, Occitanie, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Moutoune Pass
La Rabasse Mine
Les Clauzels

Latitude: 43°46'32"N
Longitude: 3°4'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.775555555556,3.0811111111111

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Cyanotrichite	Epsomite	Fluorite
Löllingite	Malachite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Cyanotrichite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goslarite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Cyanotrichite Epsomite Fluorite
Löllingite Malachite Melanterite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Skutterudite Sphalerite Stibnite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	300	275	1	55509	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	300	275	1	55509	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	300	275	2	55508,55510	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	300	275	2	55508,55510	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	300	275	1	55509	172
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	300	275	1	55509	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	300	275	2	55509,55510	1089
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	300	275	1	55509	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	275	2	55509,55510	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	300	275	1	55509	566
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	300	275	1	55508	179
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	300	275	1	55509	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	275	1	55509	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	300	275	1	55509	188
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	300	275	1	55509	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	300	275	2	55508,55510	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	300	275	1	55509	915
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	300	275	1	55509	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	300	275	1	55509	176
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	300	275	1	55510	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	275	1	55509	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	300	275	1	55509	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	275	3	55508,55509,55510	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	300	275	1	55509	233
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	300	275	1	55509	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	275	1	55509	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	300	275	1	55509	2718

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000662	The Lodève Basin covers the entirety of the Hérault department, and is host to oil and uranium.

1 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	Run 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_00000662	300	275	300-275							Yes			U	14616	Hérault, Occitanie, France	Hérault	Landais et al. (1986)	10.3406/sgeol.1986.1732	SG39_293	The 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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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