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Locality Name:
Sipaliwini District, Suriname

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2000

mindat Locality ID: 210558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sipaliwini District, Suriname": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bakhuis Mts.

Latitude: 4°27'11"N
Longitude: 56°57'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 4.4530555555556,-56.960555555556

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 Be Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
FeldsparNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutileSapphirineSpinelZircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Surinamite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2600200011111098803
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42600200011111091507
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226002000111110961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22600200011111095614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52600200011111091516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42600200011111091934
Surinamite  (*)SapphirineMg3Al3O(Si3BeAlO15)2600200011111098
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2600200011111095251



1 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
ree-0060026002000Late Archean to Early Proterozoic-- 2000-2600 Ma        23708Bakhuis Mts., Sipaliwini District, SurinameBakhuis Mountains - K/3 DepositOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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