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:
Betrandraka Commune, Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 303722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Betrandraka Commune, Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ambolosikely
Andakany (Andakana)
Ankisatra
Besakay Mines

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Cubanite	Molybdenite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Valleriite
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Galena ()*
Massicot ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper
Cubanite Molybdenite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Valleriite
Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	79173	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	79172,79173	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	79173	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	79171	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	79173	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	79173	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	79170,79173	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	79173	802
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	79173	180
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	79172,79173	24243
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	79173	202
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	79173	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	79173	5800
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	79173	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	79173	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	79173	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	79173	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	79173	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79173	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	79173	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	79173	21482
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	79173	237
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	79173	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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