Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montagnes, Ivory Coast

mindat Locality ID: 214002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montagnes, Ivory Coast": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cavally
Guémon
Tonkpi

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Sulphur	Ullmannite	Vesuvianite

Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Emplectite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Majakite ()*	Malanite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Garnet Kaolinite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Sulphur Ullmannite Vesuvianite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	73722	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	73722	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	73722	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	73718,73722	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	73718,73722	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	73718	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	73718	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	73718	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	73722	4135
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	73722	246
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	73718	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	73722	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	73722	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	73722	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	73722	30554
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	73718	407
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	73718	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	73718	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	73718	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	73722	5591
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	73718	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	73718	226
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	73718	451
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	73718	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	73718,73722	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	1	73718	22
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	1	73718	35
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	73718	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	73718	114
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	73722	5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	73718	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	73718	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	73718	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1	73718	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	73718	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	73722	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	73718,73722	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	73718,73722	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	73718,73722	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	73718	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	73718	129
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	73722	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	73718	1516
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	1	73718	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	73718	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	73722	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	73718	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	73718	2045
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	73722	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	73722	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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