Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pen Ar Ran, Piriac-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France

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

mindat Locality ID: 292955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pen Ar Ran, Piriac-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Grotte à Madame
Pen Ar Ran Uranium Mine

Latitude: 47°22'18"N
Longitude: 2°32'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.371666666667,-2.5494444444444

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.

Beryl	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Au Be C Fe H K O Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Be H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Copper Fluorite Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Uraninite ()*

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
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	290	210	0		4286
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	230	210	1	56479	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	290	210	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	290	210	1	56478	2812
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	290	210	1	56479	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	290	210	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	290	210	1	56479	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	290	210	0		61156
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	290	270	1	56479	2718

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000661	The Penaran Mine is located in the Guérande mining district and is part of the Armorican Massif. It has produced 470 tons of Uranium metal.
Giersdorf_00000661a	The Penaran Mine is located in the Guérande mining district and is part of the Armorican Massif. It has produced 470 tons of Uranium metal.

2 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_00000661	290	270	290-270	U-Pb	The age of mineralization being post-cooling of the 300-340 Ma granite bodies restricts the formation of the Uranium minerals to being genetically derived.								U	292955	Pen Ar Ran, Piriac-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France	Penaran Mine	Chauris et al. (1994)		PMGFRA_243	Age 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_00000661a	230	210	230-210	K-Ar	The 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, Zn	292955	Pen Ar Ran, Piriac-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France	Penaran Mine	Chauris et al. (1994)		PMGFRA_243	from 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"

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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