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Locality Name:
Bouroum-Yalogo Greenstone Belt, Yalogo Department, Namentenga Province, Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso


mindat Locality ID: 276345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bouroum-Yalogo Greenstone Belt, Yalogo Department, Namentenga Province, Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tarpako Mine

Latitude: 13°29'56"N
Longitude: 0°-20'-1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.498888888889,-0.33361111111111

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTalc

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1291848803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12918427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1291845707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212918427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1291844165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1291848173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12918424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12918430554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212918439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81291849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212918461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21291845614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12918421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21291843337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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