Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Prestea Mine, Bogoso-Prestea Area, Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2157
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2091

mindat Locality ID: 18990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prestea Mine, Bogoso-Prestea Area, Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 5°26'15"N
Longitude: 2°7'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.4375,-2.1319444444444

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	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Ullmannite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Cu Fe H K Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2157	2091	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2157	2091	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2157	2091	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2157	2091	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2157	2091	27198
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2157	2091	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2157	2091	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2157	2153	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2157	2091	2812
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2157	2091	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2157	2091	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2157	2091	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2157	2091	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2157	2091	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2157	2091	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2157	2091	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2157	2091	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2105	2091	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2157	2091	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2157	2091	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	2157	2091	293

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
	PR89_129-1	2157	2153	2155±2	207Pb/206Pb		high	zircon	20		Yes	Zircon	Gold	Au	192427	Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana	Ashanti belt, Ghana	Oberthür et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00075-2	PR89_129	Fig. 4
	PR89_129-2	2105	2091	2098±7	Pb/Pb			rutile	GH789		Yes	Rutile	Gold	Au	192427	Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana	Ashanti belt, Ghana	Oberthür et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00075-3	PR89_130	Fig. 8

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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