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Locality Name:
Niger

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130
Youngest recorded age at locality: 130

mindat Locality ID: 23281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niger": 86
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 58

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Agadez Department
Diffa Department
Dosso Department
Maradi Department
Niamey Department
Tahoua Department
Tillabéry Department
Zinder Department

Latitude: 15°59'23"N
Longitude: 6°28'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.989722222222,6.4811111111111

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Aphthitalite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Fritzscheite	Gypsum	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite
Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Serpentine
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aphthitalite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Chalcopyrite
Clay Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Fluorite
Fritzscheite Gypsum Iron Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite
Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Serpentine
Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Zircon

78 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Annite ()*
Aphthitalite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierine ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Coffinite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferro-richterite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Francevillite ()*
Galena ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Lechatelierite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Narsarsukite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Taenite ()*
Tetraferriannite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*
Troilite ()*	Trona ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*
Willemite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	88805	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]			1	88805	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	88805	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	88805	2162
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	88805	356
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	130	130	4	88794,88812,88813,88822	77
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	88801,88805	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			4	88835,88850,88870,88875	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	88840,88856	11547
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄			1	88805	59
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	88805	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	88800,88805	4286
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)			3	88812,88813,88877	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	130	130	4	88794,88812,88813,88877	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	88807	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			3	88800,88805,88832	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	88875	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	88844,88852,88875	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	88816,88857	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			3	88832,88841,88874	321
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			2	88798,88807	566
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	88805	518
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	88837,88875	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	88869	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	88809,88875	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	88875	1027
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			2	88800,88832	414
Ferro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	88801	30
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	88805	9617
Francevillite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ba(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5H₂O			1	88807	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	88807,88844,88852	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	88805	60
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	88847,88863,88875	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			15	88817,88832,88835,88837,88838,88841,88850,88854,88859,88860,88870,88872,88874,88875,88876	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	88825,88827,88877	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	130	130	6	88794,88812,88813,88822,88825,88877	1398
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	88805	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	88805,88875	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	88832,88862	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	88816	1089
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	130	130	1	88792	62
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	88805,88832,88862	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	88808,88853,88875	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	88816	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	88805	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	88800,88852	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	88813,88822,88877	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)			2	88813,88877	78
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁			1	88819	34
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	88805	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	88816	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	88857	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			8	88832,88835,88837,88850,88852,88870,88875,88876	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	130	130	10	88794,88796,88805,88812,88813,88822,88825,88835,88856,88877	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	88801,88805	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	88832	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	88800,88841	4894
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	88805	92
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	88875	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	88805,88807,88844	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			4	88841,88843,88849,88868	688
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	88837	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	88837	3418
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	130	130	4	88794,88822,88825,88877	275
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	88816	703
Tetraferriannite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	88805	10
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			2	88812,88814	299
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	88832	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	88805	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	88800,88805	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	88816	1044
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	130	130	4	88794,88813,88822,88877	129
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			1	88807	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	88798,88807	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O			1	88807	89
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	88805	303
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	88800	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	88805	5251

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
	sedcu-00534	130	130	L. Cretaceous										Cu	228176	Agadez Cu Deposit, Agadez, Agadez Department, Niger	Agadez	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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