Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kidal Region, Mali

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 126768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kidal Region, Mali": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Adiounedj
Anezrouf
Arrondissement Tessalit
Darset
Trifir Meteorite

Latitude: 20°5'59"N
Longitude: 0°-19'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.099722222222,-0.31666666666667

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Iron	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cancrinite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sodalite ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Taenite ()*	Titanite ()*
Troilite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Ni O S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Copper Corundum Fluorite Iron None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon

24 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	299	299	1	80240	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	80239	286
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	299	299	1	80240	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	80239,80243	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	299	299	2	80239,80240	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	299	299	2	80239,80240	232
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	80244	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	80244	3846
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	299	299	2	80239,80240	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	80243	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	80244	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	80244	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	80244	1089
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	299	299	1	80240	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	299	299	1	80240	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	80239,80243	61156
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	299	299	2	80239,80240	444
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F			1	80239	55
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	80244	703
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	299	299	2	80239,80240	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	80244	1044
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	299	299	1	80240	83
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	299	299	1	80240	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	299	299	1	80240	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
	ree-00443	299	299	Permian or younger											158027	Anezrouf, Kidal Region, Mali	Anezrouf	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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