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Locality Name:
La Pierre Plantée Pass, Mas Aubert, Trèves, Gard, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 198
Youngest recorded age at locality: 182

mindat Locality ID: 49063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Pierre Plantée Pass, Mas Aubert, Trèves, Gard, 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.

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 C Fe H K Mn Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H K Mn Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeChloritoidClayCorundumFeldsparIronMicaNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRutileSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Graphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Ottrélite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)19818208803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O19818201627
Graphite  (*)NoneC19818202812
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41981820407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O319818205433
Iron  (*)IronFe19818201089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4198182014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2198182017380
Ottrélite  (*)ChloritoidMn2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2198182059
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2198182039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S819818209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2198182061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO219818205614



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_00000844198182190±8  uraninite   Uraninite U49063La Pierre Plantée Pass, Mas Aubert, Trèves, Gard, Occitanie, FranceLa Pierre PlantéeCarrat & Kosztolanyi (1987) CRSAS305_89 


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