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Locality Name:
East Region, Burkina Faso


mindat Locality ID: 228976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Region, Burkina Faso": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gnagna Province
Komondjari Province
N'Gourma

Latitude: 12°33'51"N
Longitude: 0°26'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.564166666667,0.43666666666667
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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe Hg Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCeriteCopperCorundumCristobaliteCubaniteFeldsparIronMeloniteNone
PentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cohenite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Isocubanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tetrataenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe129198489
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1291941036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1292009052
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2129198361
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4229194,292103902
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe312920977
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe129198169
Copper  (*)CopperCu229194,292103846
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2129210453
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4129209157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6229194,292104135
Gold  (*)CopperAu629196,29198,29200,29204,29206,2920730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1292092812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31292105433
Iron  (*)IronFe329194,29209,292101089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3129210191
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4229209,2921014899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7129210230
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81291941512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2429196,29198,29200,2920639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2329198,29200,2921061156
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P129209374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12920921482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)229209,29210703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131291985317
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi129194116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS329194,29209,292101044
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO12920974


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