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Locality Name:
Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2081
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2077

mindat Locality ID: 278361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako)

Latitude: 12°53'7"N
Longitude: 11°26'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.885277777778,-11.4425
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 Ca Cu Fe H Ni O P S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeNickelineNonePyriteSpinelTurquoise
Wavellite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Augelite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Crandallite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Senegalite  (*)Strengite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)320812077110467579
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220812077110467527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2081207711046753846
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6208120771104675310
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2081207711046757437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320812077110467514640
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)208120771104675451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420812077110467514899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220812077110467539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82081207711046759056
Senegalite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3·H2O2081207711046754
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O208120771104675263
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O208120771104675484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O208120771104675301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O208120771104675374


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002509208120772079±2  zircon   Zircon  23098Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, SenegalSaraya-GamayeTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050239Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegalhttps://rruff.info/R050239

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