Pen ar Ran uranium mine, Pen ar Ran, Piriac-sur-Mer, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, Francei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Pen ar Ran uranium mine | Mine |
| Pen ar Ran | - not defined - |
| Piriac-sur-Mer | Commune |
| Saint-Nazaire | Arrondissement |
| Loire-Atlantique | Department |
| Pays de la Loire | Region |
| France | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 22' 20'' North , 2° 32' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Piriac-sur-Mer | 2,046 (2016) | 0.8km |
| La Turballe | 4,356 (2016) | 4.0km |
| Mesquer | 1,585 (2016) | 7.1km |
| Le Croisic | 4,593 (2016) | 9.2km |
| Saint-Molf | 1,617 (2016) | 9.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
49897
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:49897:0
GUID (UUID V4):
9c9db16d-5bfa-4771-9482-2313861245a1
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mine d'uranium de Pen ar Ran
This mine, worked in the 2nd half of the 20th century, was one of the many opened in France in search of uranium ore. In the surrounding country (Guérande), several research works have been performed in the past (galleries, drillings, open cuts) for uranium. All are either flooded or filled nowadays (2010).
Another mine existed on the nearby beach, worked at the beginning of the 20th century for tin. The pit hole is still visible atop a large rock (circle of red bricks). Cassiterite can be now found in the sands.
Pen ar ran, often misspelled as "pen hareng" or "penarran" means "cape of the land" from "Pen", "head, headland", "ar", "of" and "ran", "land, country".
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 Description: Pitchblende spherulites, up to 15-18 centimeters diameter. |
| ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende Formula: UO2 Description: Pitchblende spherulites, up to 15-18 centimeters diameter. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Uraninite var. Pitchblende | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DL.05 | UO2 | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
| O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
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