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Locality Name:
Biankouma Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast


mindat Locality ID: 144006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Biankouma Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Samapleu Mafic-ultramafic Intrusion

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCorundumMeloniteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSapphirineSpinelSulphurUllmannite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Majakite  (*)Malanite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17371827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217371827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41737183902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS173718966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181737181008
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6173718944
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4173718407
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS173718119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31737185433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS173718154
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)173718116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2173718226
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)173718451
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4173718311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417371814899
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs17371822
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S417371835
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2173718155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe173718114
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2173718133
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217371817380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS173718767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S217371855
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81737181512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217371839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81737189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217371861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21737185614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]173718129
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51737181516
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi17371844
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2173718337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41737181934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1737182045



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