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Locality Name:
Western Region, Ghana

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2091

mindat Locality ID: 29705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Region, Ghana": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Asanko Gold Mine (Nkran Pit; Nkran Deposit)
Ashanti Gold Belt
Bekwai District
Bibiani
Bogoso
Bonsa Diamond Field
Bosumtwi Meteorite Impact Structure
Chirano District
Kawere Diamond Field
Nkran Hill
Prestea
Tarkwa
Teberebie
Yakau
Yamfo-Sefwi Deposit

Latitude: 5°48'3"N
Longitude: 1°59'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.8008333333333,-1.9852777777778
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 Au Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBournoniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoid
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiamondDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
IronKaňkiteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StauroliteStibniteTetrahedriteUllmanniteZircon

86 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Böhmite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brucite  (*)Bukovskýite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)
Coesite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galaxite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Henryite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Manganosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nsutite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rickardite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smythite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Weissite  (*)Zincochromite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS22002091263876,63908312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)22002091463862,63866,63902,639088803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe21572091163876489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)221572091463859,63862,63876,639023092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb21572091163864363
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O321572091263876,63880231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS220020911463861,63862,63863,63864,63866,63868,63869,63871,63873,63876,63880,63884,63895,639089052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb22157215316387673
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)163893195
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS422002091663861,63862,63876,63880,63890,639085516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1121572091463862,63866,63873,63876843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS321572091463862,63866,63873,638761089
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)222002200163908462
Bukovskýite  (*)NoneFe3+2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·7H2O2157209116387613
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe221572153163876361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22002091363876,63888,6390827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S22002091263876,639085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2220020911363859,63861,63862,63863,63865,63866,63873,63876,63880,63888,63890,63902,6390827198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)221572091163890376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O421572091263886,638903902
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO216390177
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe21572091163876169
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)222002200163908327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O215720911638802970
Diamond  (*)DiamondC21572091463890,63897,63898,63903697
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S220022001639081027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)222002091263859,639089895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)215720911638908173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1221572091263866,63876663
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O42200220016390843
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21572091563862,63865,63866,63873,6387624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)22002091363876,63880,639087437
Gold  (*)CopperAu215721533063855,63856,63857,63858,63859,63861,63862,63863,63864,63865,63866,63868,63869,63870,63871,63873,63876,63880,63884,63885,63886,63887,63888,63890,63895,63902,63906,63910,63911,6391430554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6163900121
Graphite  (*)NoneC21572091663859,63862,63864,63866,63873,638762812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O321572091663876,63880,63886,63889,63890,6390214640
Henryite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)3+xTe2 (x~0.4)215720911638764
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te21572091163876804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O322002091363886,63890,639085433
Iron  (*)IronFe1639011089
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O422002200163908172
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1421572091163866784
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O2157209116387638
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe42157215316387621
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)222002200163908234
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S422002200163908249
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)222002200163908210
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs221572091163876762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O421572091363886,63888,6389014899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)22002200163908770
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO2200220016390873
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS221572091563862,63866,63873,63876,638905674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS220022001639081066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2220022001639085800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)222002091763859,63862,63866,63876,63890,63902,6390817380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs22002200163908633
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x22002200163908121
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS22002091363866,63876,63908767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)221572091163862247
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S822002091263866,639081512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe221572153163876409
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)21572091163876140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2220020911963859,63861,63862,63863,63866,63868,63869,63871,63873,63874,63876,63880,63884,63887,63888,63890,63902,63908,6391439462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)22200220016390856
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2220022001639083106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8220020911063862,63863,63866,63873,63876,63880,63888,63890,63901,639089056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2220020911663859,63862,63863,63866,63868,63869,63873,63876,63880,63884,63887,63888,63890,63902,63908,6391461156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO22200220016390888
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)220022001639081711
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe22157209116387652
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO222002091663866,63876,63886,63890,63902,639085614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O21572091263876,638801153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)215720911638626417
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)2157209116387377
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3220022001639081214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS22002091763862,63865,63866,63873,63876,63880,6390821482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)21572091163890978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S321572091263862,638763418
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)2157209116387692
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe421572153163876337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1321572091563862,63865,63866,63873,638765317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O22002200163908433
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS21572091163866293
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe2157209116387631
Zincochromite  (*)SpinelZnCr2O42157209116389011
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)215721531638905251


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PR89_129-1215721532155±2207Pb/206Pb highzircon20  ZirconGoldAu192427Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, GhanaAshanti belt, GhanaOberthür et al. (1998)10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00075-2PR89_129Fig. 4
PR89_129-2210520912098±7Pb/Pb rutileGH789  RutileGoldAu192427Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, GhanaAshanti belt, GhanaOberthür et al. (1998)10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00075-3PR89_130Fig. 8
Scott-SG154_159-000122002200~2200 age of deposition     Mn17129Nsuta Mine (Insuta Mine; Nsuta-Gaywin Manganese Concession; Nsuta-Wassaw), Tarkwa, Western Region, GhanaNsuta DepositNyame et al. (2003)10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00128-8SG154_159Age only mentioned in abstract

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