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Locality Name:
Arrondissement Diakon (Diako), Commune Diakon, Cercle De Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali


mindat Locality ID: 29601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arrondissement Diakon (Diako), Commune Diakon, Cercle De Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Baga Diggings
Baga West Diggings
Bendougou Village (Bendoukou Village; Benduko Village)
Damandi
Dambouga
Diaboukara
Diakon 1 & 2
Diakon 3
Diakon 4
Diakon 5
Diakon 6
Dionboko
Doualé
Fatoumanéné
Guedigui
Kabida
Kandia
Kembelé
Kouri
Loubana
Madina
Madina 1 Diggings
Madina 2 Diggings
Sangafé
Sibinndi
Sougounikoura
Trantimou

Latitude: 14°27'56"N
Longitude: 10°14'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.465555555556,-10.249722222222
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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetIronMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelStilbiteTitaniteVesuvianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21801443419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3480137,80141,80158,801811534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21801515509
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8280164,801821756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61801554135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1580137,80138,80140,80141,80142,80143,80149,80150,80151,80153,80154,80159,80164,80180,801828173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3480141,80155,80177,801821544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Iron  (*)IronFe1801411089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218015112537
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2180143313
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21480137,80138,80140,80142,80143,80144,80149,80150,80151,80153,80159,80176,80180,801821898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2380137,80151,8015361156
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O180159268
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O380140,80164,801824899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10380164,80176,801821395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050055Arrondissement Diakon (Diako), Commune Diakon, Cercle De Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Malihttps://rruff.info/R050055

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