Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Poni Province, Sud-Ouest Region, Burkina Faso

mindat Locality ID: 285141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285141.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poni Province, Sud-Ouest Region, Burkina Faso": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gaoua

Latitude: 10°18'21"N
Longitude: 3°3'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.305833333333,-3.0552777777778

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	29233	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	29233	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	29233	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	29233	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	29233	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	29233	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	29233	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	29233	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	29233	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	29233	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	29233	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	29233,29240	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	29233	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	29233	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	29233	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	29233,29240	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29233	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	29233	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	29233	4894
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	29233	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	29233	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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