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Locality Name:
Megado, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia


mindat Locality ID: 207322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Megado, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lega Dembi Mine
Megado-Mega Area

Latitude: 5°27'29"N
Longitude: 38°53'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.4580555555556,38.888611111111
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetradymiteTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21495273419
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S814952767
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1495279052
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31495271089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14952727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214952727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1495278173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1495281188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14952724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14952730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1495272812
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te149527804
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41495271507
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)314952730
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21495275800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214952717380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs149527633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS149527767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81495271512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2149527409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214952739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81495279056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214952761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14952721482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)14952792
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131495275317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21495272562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4149527380


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