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Locality Name:
Konongo-Southern Cross Mine, Konongo, Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2157
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2091

mindat Locality ID: 13951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Konongo-Southern Cross Mine, Konongo, Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°37'15"N
Longitude: 1°13'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.6208333333333,-1.2166666666667
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: As Au C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2157209109052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11215720910843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32157209101089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS221572091027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21572091024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu21572153030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2157209102812
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22157209105674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS221572091039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82157209109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221572091061156
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)21572091077
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21572091021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132157209105317


2 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
PR89_129-1215721532155±2207Pb/206Pb highzircon20 YesZirconGoldAu192427Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, GhanaAshanti belt, GhanaOberthür et al. (1998)10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00075-2PR89_129Fig. 4
PR89_129-2210520912098±7Pb/Pb rutileGH789 YesRutileGoldAu192427Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, GhanaAshanti belt, GhanaOberthür et al. (1998)10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00075-3PR89_130Fig. 8

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