Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Goethite at Ghana

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 2200Ma - 2091Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Scott-SG154_159-0001	2200	2200			Mn	17129	Nsuta Mine (Insuta Mine; Nsuta-Gaywin Manganese Concession; Nsuta-Wassaw), Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghana	Nyame et al. (2003)	SG154_159
PR89_129-2	2105	2091	Rutile	Gold	Au	192427	Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana	Oberthür et al. (1998)	PR89_130

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PR89_129-1	2157	2153	Zircon	Gold	Au	192427	Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana	Oberthür et al. (1998)	PR89_129
PR89_129-2	2105	2091	Rutile	Gold	Au	192427	Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana	Oberthür et al. (1998)	PR89_130
Scott-SG154_159-0001	2200	2200			Mn	17129	Nsuta Mine (Insuta Mine; Nsuta-Gaywin Manganese Concession; Nsuta-Wassaw), Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghana	Nyame et al. (2003)	SG154_159