Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Senegal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2081
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2077

mindat Locality ID: 18485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Senegal": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Dakar Region
Diourbel Region
Fatick Region
Kaffrine Region
Kaolack Region
Kédougou Region
Kolda Region
Louga Region
Matam Region
Saint-Louis Region
Sédhiou Region
Tambacounda Region
Thiès Region
Ziguinchor Region

Latitude: 13°55'17"N
Longitude: 14°33'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.921388888889,-14.558888888889

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite
Kaolinite	Lillianite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur
Talc	Tamarugite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Turquoise	Wardite	Wavellite	Zinkenite	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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite
Kaolinite Lillianite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur
Talc Tamarugite Tetrahedrite Titanite Turquoise Wardite Wavellite Zinkenite Zircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Apjohnite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augelite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Crandallite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ernienickelite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mendozite ()*	Millisite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pentahydrite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Robinsonite ()*	Roshchinite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Senegalite ()*
Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strengite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Zinkenite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	104671,104673	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	104671,104673,104678	8803
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			1	104690	272
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	104673	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	104678,104679	3092
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	104690	28
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	104672,104679	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	2081	2077	2	104675,104686	79
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂			1	104679	73
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	104651,104671,104672,104678	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2081	2077	5	104660,104672,104673,104675,104678	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂			1	104679	162
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	104671	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	104672	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2081	2077	1	104675	3846
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2081	2077	3	104675,104684,104686	310
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	104672	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	104672	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	104660,104671	8173
Ernienickelite ()*	None	NiMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	104688	6
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			3	104659,104667,104688	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	104660,104678	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2081	2077	1	104675	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	104660,104677,104678,104679	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	104672	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	104690	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	104690	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	104690	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2081	2077	3	104651,104671,104675	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	104690	251
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	104681	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	104679	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	104690	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	104684	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2081	2077	1	104675	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2081	2077	4	104671,104672,104673,104675	14899
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	104690	28
Millisite ()*	Wardite	NaCaAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₉·3H₂O			1	104684	12
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	104660,104679	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	104667	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	104671,104673,104678,104679	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			2	104667,104686	306
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	104690	32
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	104672	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	104672	2273
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	104690	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2081	2077	7	104660,104671,104672,104673,104675,104678,104679	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	104660	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2081	2077	3	104672,104673,104675	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	104660,104671,104672,104673,104677,104678,104679	61156
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃			1	104679	39
Roshchinite ()*	Lillianite	(Ag,Cu)₁₉Pb₁₀Sb₅₁S₉₆			1	104679	2
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	104690	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	104673,104681	5614
Senegalite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃·H₂O	2081	2077	1	104675	4
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)			1	104672	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	104660	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	104690	79
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	104679	3418
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2081	2077	1	104675	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	104672	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	104673	3337
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	104690	87
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	104679	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	104672	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	104673	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2081	2077	2	104675,104686	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	2081	2077	1	104675	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2081	2077	3	104675,104684,104686	374
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	104679	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	104681	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
	Kristen002509	2081	2077	2079±2				zircon				Zircon			23098	Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal	Saraya-Gamaye	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050239	Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal	https://rruff.info/R050239

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