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Locality Name:
Joubdo Stream, Bir Bir River, Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District), Gimbi, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia


mindat Locality ID: 265571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Joubdo Stream, Bir Bir River, Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District), Gimbi, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: As Au Ca Cr Cu Fe Ir Mg Ni O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Ca Cr Cu Fe Ir Mg Ni O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyrite
PyroxeneSpinelUllmanniteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Genkinite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Osmium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Tulameenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS20110
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Genkinite  (*)NonePt4Sb3012
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Osmium  (*)NoneOs0169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2075
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe066
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe048


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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