Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso

Oldest recorded age at locality: 50.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 49

mindat Locality ID: 287136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bissa Mine
Essakane Mine
Namentenga Province
Tambao Mine

Latitude: 13°57'32"N
Longitude: 0°-24'-48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.958888888889,-0.41333333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Manganite ()*
Nsutite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramsdellite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Talc

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	29184	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	29184	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	29184	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	29184	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	29184	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	50.2	49	1	29185	599
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	29184	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	29184	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	50.2	49	1	29185	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	29180,29184	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	50.2	49	1	29185	350
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	50.2	49	1	29185	243
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	50.2	49	1	29185	234
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	50.2	49	1	29185	210
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	50.2	49	1	29185	770
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	50.2	49	1	29185	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	29184	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	50.2	49	1	29185	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	29184	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	29184	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	50.2	49	1	29185	88
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	50.2	49	1	29185	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	50.2	49	1	29185	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	29184	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	50.2	49	1	29185	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	29184	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	29184	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	50.2	49	1	29185	433

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Scott-GCA62_2739-0001	50.2	49	49.6±0.6	40Ar-39Ar	age of mineralization		cryptomelane				Cryptomelane		Mn	39830	Tambao Mine, Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso	Tambao	Hénocque et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00185-9	GCA62_2739

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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