Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sikasso Region, Mali

mindat Locality ID: 29508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sikasso Region, Mali": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cercle De Bougouni
Cercle De Yanfolila
Morila Mine
Ngolokasso
Syama Mine

Latitude: 11°14'25"N
Longitude: 7°31'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 11.240277777778,-7.5219444444444

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.

Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beraunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diamond
Diaspore	Feldspar	Löllingite	Lillianite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Turquoise
Wavellite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aschamalmite ()*	Aurostibite ()*
Beraunite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Diamond ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Jonassonite ()*	Kidwellite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Maldonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Strengite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beraunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diamond
Diaspore Feldspar Löllingite Lillianite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Titanite Turquoise
Wavellite

40 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	80265	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	80261,80264,80265	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	80261,80263	9052
Aschamalmite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_6-3xBi_2+xS₉	1	80261	16
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	1	80263	73
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	80264	136
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	80261,80263	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	80261	1935
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	80264	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	80265	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	80261,80265	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	80261	344
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	80256	697
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	80261	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	80264	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	80260,80261,80262,80263,80265,80266	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	80261,80265	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	80264	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	80263	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	80264,80265	2228
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	1	80261	19
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	1	80264	53
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	80263	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	80264	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	80265	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	80263	88
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	80261,80265	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	80261,80264,80265,80266	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	80261,80263	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	80261,80263,80264,80265,80266	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	80261	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	80264	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	80261	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	80257,80258	688
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	80264	263
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	80263	276
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	80263	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	80264	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	80264	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	80264	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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