Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Commune Sitakily, Cercle De Kéniéba, Kayes Region, Mali

mindat Locality ID: 281146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Commune Sitakily, Cercle De Kéniéba, Kayes Region, Mali": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Falémé River Area
Tabakoto-Baroya Area

Latitude: 13°5'10"N
Longitude: 11°24'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.086111111111,-11.412777777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Na Ni O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	80213	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	80213	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	80212,80213	9052
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	80211,80212,80213,80215	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	80213	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	80212	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	80212,80213	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	80212	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	80212,80213	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	80213	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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