Mineral Evolution Database
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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Ganges, Hérault, Occitanie, France

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

mindat Locality ID: 294026
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294026.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ganges, Hérault, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

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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