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Locality Name:
Centre-Ouest Region, Burkina Faso


mindat Locality ID: 286856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Centre-Ouest Region, Burkina Faso": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gao-Guenie Meteorite
Perkoa Zinc Project

Latitude: 12°0'29"N
Longitude: 2°23'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.008055555556,-2.3866666666667
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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTourmalineUllmannite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1291888803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31291882353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31291881534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1291889052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12918811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12918827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212918827198
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)129188180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1291888173
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4129188445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12918824243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31291885433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412918814899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21291885800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212918817380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]129188249
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212918839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81291889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212918861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21291885614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1291882705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31291881214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12918821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131291885317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS129188293


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