Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad

Oldest recorded age at locality: 782
Youngest recorded age at locality: 570

mindat Locality ID: 28894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bamdi
Ganboke Deposit (Gamboké)
Goueyegoudoum
Massonebaré
Mayo N’dala River Placers
Mbidou
Pougamaro River Placers

Latitude: 9°34'15"N
Longitude: 14°53'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.5708333333333,14.8975

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Kawazulite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	782	570	0		3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	782	570	1	35503	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	782	570	3	35503,35504,35505	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	782	570	1	35503	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	782	570	3	35503,35504,35505	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	782	570	0		8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	782	570	6	35503,35504,35505,35506,35507,35508	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	782	700	1	35504	804
Kawazulite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂Se	782	700	1	35504	32
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	782	570	1	35503	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	782	570	3	35503,35504,35505	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	782	700	1	35504	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	782	570	3	35503,35504,35505	61156
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	782	700	1	35504	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	782	700	1	35504	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	782	570	2	35503,35505	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	782	570	0		2562

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Deep-Dive-other-00003	782	700	777±5 to 700					249258	Bamdi, Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad	Bamdi	Tchameni et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.03.002	JAES84_36
Deep-Dive-other-00001	782	700	777±5 to 700					232614	Ganboke Deposit (Gamboké), Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad	Gamboké	Tchameni et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.03.002	JAES84_36
Thesis2006_Doumnang_0001	728	570	649 ± 79	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon	232614	Ganboke Deposit (Gamboké), Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad	Pala Region, Chad	Doumnang (2006)		Thesis2006_Doumnang
Deep-Dive-other-00005	782	700	777±5 to 700					249260	Goueyegoudoum, Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad	Goueigoudoum	Tchameni et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.03.002	JAES84_36
DeepDive-Co-0021	777	700	777-700					249260	Goueyegoudoum, Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad	Goueigoudoum	Tchameni et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.03.002	JAES84_36
Deep-Dive-other-00004	782	700	777±5 to 700					249259	Massonebaré, Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad	Massonebaré	Tchameni et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.03.002	JAES84_36
Deep-Dive-other-00002	782	700	777±5 to 700					249257	Mbidou, Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad	Mbidou	Tchameni et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.03.002	JAES84_36

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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