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:
Moyen-Ogooué Province, Gabon

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 195909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moyen-Ogooué Province, Gabon": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mabounie Nb Prospect

Latitude: 0°-35'-34"N
Longitude: 10°22'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.59277777777778,10.368888888889

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	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

15 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
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	613	587	1	57166	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	613	587	1	57166	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	613	587	1	57166	27770
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	613	587	1	57166	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	613	587	1	57166	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	613	587	1	57166	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	613	587	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	613	587	1	57166	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	613	587	1	57166	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	613	587	1	57166	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	613	587	1	57166	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	613	587	1	57166	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	613	587	1	57166	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	613	587	1	57166	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	613	587	1	57166	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000938	MAGMATIC STYLE: Plug. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Leucocratic and melanocratic peralkaline syenites, fenite and dykes of trachyte, carbonated lamprophyre and quartz-barite rock.

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
	Jen_0000938	613	587	600±13	K-Ar		high	phlogopite				Phlogopite			195918	Mabounie Nb Prospect, Moyen-Ogooué Province, Gabon	Mabounié	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
	ree-00350	1000	541	Late Proterozoic											195918	Mabounie Nb Prospect, Moyen-Ogooué Province, Gabon	Mabounie	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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