Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saül Commune, French Guiana, France

mindat Locality ID: 219157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saül Commune, French Guiana, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dachine Complex
Mount Boeuf Mort Quarries

Latitude: 3°51'36"N
Longitude: 53°18'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 3.86,-53.304166666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diamond	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Spinel
Sulphur	Talc

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 Au C Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diamond Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Spinel
Sulphur Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*
Gold ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53672	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	53673	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	53672	3902
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	53673	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	53672	697
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	53673	30554
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	53672	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	53673	39462
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	53673	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	53672	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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