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:
Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal

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

mindat Locality ID: 207100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Falémé Deposits
Goto Deposit
Karakaene-Ndi Deposit
Saraya

Latitude: 12°51'31"N
Longitude: 11°30'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.858611111111,-11.502222222222

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite	Turquoise	Wavellite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augelite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Crandallite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Senegalite ()*	Smythite ()*	Strengite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*
Wavellite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Spinel Sulphur Talc Titanite Turquoise Wavellite

36 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	104671,104673	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	104671,104673	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	104673	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	104672	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	2081	2077	1	104675	79
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	104671,104672	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2081	2077	3	104672,104673,104675	27198
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	1	104675	310
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	104672	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	104672	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	104671	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2081	2077	1	104675	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	104672	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2081	2077	2	104671,104675	14640
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
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	104671,104673	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	104672	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	104672	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2081	2077	4	104671,104672,104673,104675	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2081	2077	3	104672,104673,104675	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	104671,104672,104673	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	104673	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
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
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	1	104675	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	2081	2077	1	104675	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2081	2077	1	104675	374

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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