Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tillabéry Department, Niger

mindat Locality ID: 28890
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28890.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tillabéry Department, Niger": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Antigoura
Boulkagou
Boulon Djounga
Boura SW
Congo Bonsi
Déba
Désiridé
Dibilo
Donkolo
Fantio
Kollo
Kolman
Koma Bangou
Kourki
Koutougou
M'banga
Makalondi
Samira Hill
Sawa
Say
Séfa Nangué
Tapoa
Tera
Tialkam
Toradi
Toulamè
Touré
Wadata

Latitude: 13°42'5"N
Longitude: 1°16'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.701388888889,1.275

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	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Fluorite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Thorianite ()*

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 Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mn Mo Nb O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Fluorite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	88835,88850,88870,88875	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	88840,88856	11547
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	88832	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	88875	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	88844,88852,88875	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	88857	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	3	88832,88841,88874	321
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	88837,88875	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	88869	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	88875	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	88875	1027
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	88832	414
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	88844,88852	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	88847,88863,88875	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	88832,88835,88837,88838,88841,88850,88854,88859,88860,88870,88872,88874,88875,88876	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88875	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	88832,88862	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	88832,88862	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	88853,88875	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	88852	5800
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	88857	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	88832,88835,88837,88850,88852,88870,88875,88876	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	88835,88856	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88832	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	88841	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	88875	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	88844	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	4	88841,88843,88849,88868	688
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	88837	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	88837	3418
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	88832	236

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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