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:
Boké Region, Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 158352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boké Region, Guinea": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bidikoum Mine
Boké Prefecture
Fria Prefecture
Gaoual Prefecture
Koundara Prefecture
Silidara Mine

Latitude: 11°6'46"N
Longitude: 13°36'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 11.112777777778,-13.6125

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.

Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rutile	Wavellite

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 Fe H K O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rutile Wavellite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Böhmite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	64639	2162
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	64639	195
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	64639	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	64639	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	64639	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	64639,64647	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64639	17380
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64647	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	64647	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	64639	5614
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	64639	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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