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

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

mindat Locality ID: 32248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Commanderie Mine, Le Temple, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°55'24"N
Longitude: 0°-49'-36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.923333333333,-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: Al Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U Y 

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)2·10-12H2O29027001272
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS429021005516
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O2902100280
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S29021005707
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O290210070
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2902700566
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162902100599
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O290210060
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229021009617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)29021007437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O29021006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3290210014640
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O2902100110
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS229021005674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2902700443
Metauranocircite-I  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O290270038
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O290210046
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O29021002994
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O2902700182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2290210039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2290210061156
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O290270087
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10290270095
Studtite  (*)None(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2·2H2O290270025
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O29027001059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO229027002718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2902700890


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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