Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Ganboke Deposit (Gamboké), Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad

Oldest recorded age at locality: 782
Youngest recorded age at locality: 570

mindat Locality ID: 232614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ganboke Deposit (Gamboké), Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 9°26'0"N
Longitude: 14°50'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.4333333333333,14.833333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Talc

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	782	570	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	782	570	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	782	570	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	782	570	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	782	570	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	782	570	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	782	570	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	782	570	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	782	570	3337

2 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
	Deep-Dive-other-00001	782	700	777±5 to 700											232614	Ganboke Deposit (Gamboké), Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad	Gamboké	Tchameni et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.03.002	JAES84_36
	Thesis2006_Doumnang_0001	728	570	649 ± 79	U-Pb	host rock		zircon				Zircon			232614	Ganboke Deposit (Gamboké), Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region, Chad	Pala Region, Chad	Doumnang (2006)		Thesis2006_Doumnang

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...