Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Agadez Department, Niger

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

mindat Locality ID: 123174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agadez Department, Niger": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Abokorum Deposit
Agadez
Aïr Region
Arlit
Azelik Deposit
Bilma Oasis
Eguéi (Eguei; Eguéï; Egai)
Imouraren Deposit
Tafassasset Meteorite
Tchibarakaten

Latitude: 18°40'32"N
Longitude: 8°36'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.675555555556,8.6083333333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Aphthitalite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Clay	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fritzscheite	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz	Zircon

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: Al Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aphthitalite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Clay Columbite Copper
Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Fritzscheite Iron Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Topaz Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Annite ()*
Aphthitalite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Berthierine ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chromite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cuprite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferro-richterite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Francevillite ()*	Galena ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Gold ()*
Halite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Lechatelierite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tetraferriannite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*
Troilite ()*	Trona ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*
Willemite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	88805	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]			1	88805	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	88805	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	88805	2162
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	88805	356
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	130	130	3	88794,88812,88813	77
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	88801,88805	295
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄			1	88805	59
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	88805	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	88800,88805	4286
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)			2	88812,88813	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	130	130	3	88794,88812,88813	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	88807	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	88800,88805	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	88816	3902
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			2	88798,88807	566
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	88805	518
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	88809	2970
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	88800	414
Ferro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	88801	30
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	88805	9617
Francevillite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ba(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5H₂O			1	88807	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	88807	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	88805	60
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	88817	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	130	130	3	88794,88812,88813	1398
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	88805	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	88805	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	88816	1089
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	130	130	0		62
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	88805	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	88808	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	88816	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	88805	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	88800	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	88813	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)			1	88813	78
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	88805	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	88816	1512
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	130	130	5	88794,88796,88805,88812,88813	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	88801,88805	375
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	88800	4894
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	88805	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	88805,88807	21482
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	130	130	1	88794	275
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	88816	703
Tetraferriannite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	88805	10
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			2	88812,88814	299
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	88805	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	88800,88805	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	88816	1044
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	130	130	2	88794,88813	129
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			1	88807	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	88798,88807	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O			1	88807	89
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	88805	303
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	88800	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	88805	5251

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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