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Locality Name:
Zouan-Hounien Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast


mindat Locality ID: 245062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zouan-Hounien Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ity Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidote
GarnetKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelVesuvianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31737221534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1737229052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41737225516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17372227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217372227198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61737224135
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2173722246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1737228173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17372224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1737227437
Gold  (*)CopperAu17372230554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41737225591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417372214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21737225800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21737222273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217372239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81737229056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217372261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1737224894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17372221482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21737222562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101737221395



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