Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

mindat Locality ID: 299483
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299483.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kapoeta

Latitude: 4°42'0"N
Longitude: 33°37'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 4.7,33.633055555556

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	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tochilinite	Tridymite

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Saponite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Troilite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Iron Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tochilinite Tridymite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	107663	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	107663	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	107663	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	107663	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	107663	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	107663	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	107663	1188
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	107663	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	107663	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	107663	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	107663	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	107663	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	107663	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	107663	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	107663	9056
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	107663	301
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	107663	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	107663	703
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1	107663	56
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	107663	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	107663	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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