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Locality Name:
Bolazec, Finistère, Brittany, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 400

mindat Locality ID: 288061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bolazec, Finistère, Brittany, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bodennec
Corn Ar Harz

Latitude: 48°27'44"N
Longitude: 3°36'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.462222222222,-3.6091666666667

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: As Au Bi C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteEnargiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Enargite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4004001526349052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34004001526341935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11400400152634843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3400400252634,526351089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2400400252634,5263527198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3400400152634802
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4400400252634,52635910
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe240040015263440
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15400400252634,5263555
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS400400252634,5263524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu40040015263430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC4004001526342812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS400400152634170
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14400400152634784
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)400400152634451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O440040015263414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24004001526345674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24400400152634158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240040015263439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84004001526349056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24004001526345614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS40040015263421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3400400252634,526353418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134004001526345317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42400400152634228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4004001526345251



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
vms-00484400400Early Devonian       S18672Bodennec, Bolazec, Finistère, Brittany, FranceBodennecMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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