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Locality Name:
Mabounie Nb Prospect, Moyen-Ogooué Province, Gabon

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

mindat Locality ID: 195918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mabounie Nb Prospect, Moyen-Ogooué Province, Gabon": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°-35'-34"N
Longitude: 10°22'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.59277777777778,10.368888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaddeleyiteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO26135870238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)613587011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)613587027770
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)66135870310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)261358709895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)61358707437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3613587014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O361358705433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)461358705591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4613587014899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)261358702273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2613587039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S861358709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2613587061156


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000938MAGMATIC 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 IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000938613587600±13K-Ar highphlogopite   Phlogopite  195918Mabounie Nb Prospect, Moyen-Ogooué Province, GabonMabouniéWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-003501000541Late Proterozoic        195918Mabounie Nb Prospect, Moyen-Ogooué Province, GabonMabounieOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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