Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Agadez, Agadez Department, Niger

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130
Youngest recorded age at locality: 130

mindat Locality ID: 287574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agadez, Agadez Department, Niger": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Agadez Cu Deposit

Latitude: 16°59'0"N
Longitude: 7°56'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.983333333333,7.9333333333333

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.

Aphthitalite	Calcite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: C Ca Cl H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Calcite None Quartz Rocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Aphthitalite ()*	Calcite ()*	Halite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sylvite ()*
Trona ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	130	130	77
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	130	130	27770
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	130	130	1398
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	130	130	61156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	130	130	275
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	130	130	129

1 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
	sedcu-00534	130	130	L. Cretaceous										Cu	228176	Agadez Cu Deposit, Agadez, Agadez Department, Niger	Agadez	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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