Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2081
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2077

mindat Locality ID: 23098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°53'8"N
Longitude: 11°26'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.885555555556,-11.4425

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Spinel	Turquoise
Wavellite

Augelite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Crandallite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Senegalite ()*	Strengite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H Ni O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Ni O P S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Nickeline None Pyrite Spinel Turquoise
Wavellite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	2081	2077	79
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2081	2077	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2081	2077	3846
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2081	2077	310
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2081	2077	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2081	2077	14640
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2081	2077	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2081	2077	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2081	2077	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2081	2077	9056
Senegalite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃·H₂O	2081	2077	4
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2081	2077	263
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2081	2077	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	2081	2077	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2081	2077	374

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002509	2081	2077	2079±2				zircon				Zircon			23098	Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal	Saraya-Gamaye	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050239	Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal	https://rruff.info/R050239

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