Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Samapleu Mafic-ultramafic Intrusion, Biankouma Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast

mindat Locality ID: 272575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samapleu Mafic-ultramafic Intrusion, Biankouma Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 7°46'0"N
Longitude: 7°56'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.7666666666667,-7.9333333333333

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Corundum	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Sulphur	Ullmannite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Majakite ()*	Malanite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Moncheite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Corundum Melonite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Sulphur Ullmannite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	154
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	226
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	22
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	35
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	114
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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