Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vohibory Cu Field, Belamoty, Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 617
Youngest recorded age at locality: 607

mindat Locality ID: 191264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vohibory Cu Field, Belamoty, Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Befamoto
Besatrana Cu Deposit
Bevalaha Cu Deposit

Latitude: 23°37'40"S
Longitude: 44°52'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.627777777778,44.880555555556

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.

Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite
Quartz	Titanite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite
Quartz Titanite

16 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	617	607	1	79016	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	617	607	3	79014,79015,79016	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	617	607	1	79015	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	617	607	2	79015,79016	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	617	607	2	79014,79015	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	617	607	1	79015	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	617	607	1	79016	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	617	607	1	79016	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	617	607	1	79015	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	617	607	1	79016	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	617	607	2	79015,79016	12537
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	617	607	1	79016	428
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	617	607	1	79016	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	617	607	1	79016	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	617	607	1	79016	1153
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	617	607	1	79015	4899

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
	Jen_0001539	617	607	612 ± 5	U-Pb	age of formation of protolith ruby		zircon				Zircon			191264	Vohibory Cu Field, Belamoty, Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar	Vohibory Deposit	Giuliani et al. (2007)		GOGD37_23

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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