Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kankan Region, Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 158351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158351.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kankan Region, Guinea": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kankan Diamond District
Kérouané Prefecture
Kouroussa Prefecture
Siguiri Prefecture
Tri-K Deposit

Latitude: 10°28'59"N
Longitude: 9°12'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.483055555556,-9.21

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diamond	Garnet	Jeffbenite	Mica	None	Perovskite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diamond Garnet Jeffbenite Mica None Perovskite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diamond ()*	Gold ()*	Jeffbenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Majorite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	64677	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	64675,64677	27198
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	5	64658,64660,64661,64663,64664	697
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	64668,64670,64672,64673,64674,64675,64676,64677	30554
Jeffbenite ()*	Jeffbenite	Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂	1	64658	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	64677	14899
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	1	64658	24
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64677	17380
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	64658	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	64658	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	64675,64677	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	64675,64676,64677	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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