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Locality Name:
Suriname

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2000

mindat Locality ID: 16427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suriname": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Brokopondo District
Commewijne District
Coronie District
Marowijne District
Nickerie District
Para District
Paramaribo District
Saramacca District
Sipaliwini District
Wanica District

Latitude: 5°11'58"N
Longitude: 55°34'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.1994444444444,-55.5725

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Gold ()*	Grandidierite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Surinamite ()*	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 B Be Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Zircon

20 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2600	2000	2	111101,111109	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	111101	1310
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2091	2075	1	111097	5171
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	111101	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	111101	1797
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	111112	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	111091,111093	30554
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)			1	111101	40
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	111101	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2600	2000	1	111109	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	111101	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	111091	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	111091,111093	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	111091	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2000	3	111091,111101,111109	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2600	2000	1	111109	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2600	2000	2	111101,111109	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2600	2000	2	111101,111109	1934
Surinamite ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₃Al₃O(Si₃BeAlO₁₅)	2600	2000	1	111109	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2600	2000	2	111101,111109	5251

2 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
	Kristen002508	2091	2075	2083±8				zircon				Zircon			210556	Marowijne District, Suriname	North Guiana Pegmatite Belt	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
	ree-00600	2600	2000	Late Archean to Early Proterozoic-- 2000-2600 Ma											23708	Bakhuis Mts., Sipaliwini District, Suriname	Bakhuis Mountains - K/3 Deposit	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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