Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Sandaré Diggings, Sandaré, Arrondissement Sandaré, Commune Sandaré, Cercle De Nioro Du Sahel, Kayes Region, Mali

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 260304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandaré Diggings, Sandaré, Arrondissement Sandaré, Commune Sandaré, Cercle De Nioro Du Sahel, Kayes Region, Mali": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 14°42'42"N
Longitude: 10°16'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.711666666667,-10.273055555556

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000270	Diabase intrusions into limestone in Mali, forming the Kaarta Massif

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
	Giersdorf_00000270	201	145	Jurassic							Yes		Epidote, Prehnite, Vesuvianite		27645	Sandaré, Arrondissement Sandaré, Commune Sandaré, Cercle De Nioro Du Sahel, Kayes Region, Mali	Sandaré	Johnson et al. (1995)		GG31_152	Age of diabase intrusions into limestone

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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