Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Les Herbiers Uranium Prospect, Les Herbiers, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 296

mindat Locality ID: 57048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Herbiers Uranium Prospect, Les Herbiers, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, 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

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.

Autunite	Fluorite	None	Phosphuranylite

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: Ca Cu H K O P Pb Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu H K O P Pb Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Fluorite None Phosphuranylite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Autunite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	296	296	1272
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	296	296	82
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	296	296	144
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	296	296	182
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	296	296	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	296	296	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	296	296	890

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_00000951	296	296	296	U-Pb			uraninite	P-1		Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	23933	Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France	Vendee	Eikenberg et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4	GCA57_1053	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope age for Uraninite Sample
	Giersdorf_00000952	296	296	296	U-Pb	formation age	high	uraninite	P-1		Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	23933	Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France	Vendee	Eikenberg et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4	GCA57_1053	Age given as the Formation Age of the locality

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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