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Locality Name:
Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2202
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2170

mindat Locality ID: 305530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Haut-Sassandra
Marahoué

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.

Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Tapiolite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*

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 Au Be C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na Ni O S Si Sn Ta Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Tapiolite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			5	73730,73732,73733,73734,73735	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			7	73728,73729,73730,73732,73733,73734,73735	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2202	2170	1	73740	5171
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2202	2170	1	73740	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			5	73729,73730,73732,73734,73735	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2202	2170	1	73740	30554
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2202	2170	1	73740	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2202	2170	1	73740	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2202	2170	1	73740	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			7	73728,73729,73730,73732,73733,73734,73735	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2202	2170	1	73740	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	73729,73730,73732,73733,73734,73735	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			3	73729,73730,73732	471
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2202	2170	1	73740	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2202	2170	1	73740	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2202	2170	1	73740	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	73729,73730,73732,73733,73734,73735,73736	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2202	2170	1	73740	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			2	73730,73736	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	73730	978
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			3	73728,73729,73730	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			3	73728,73729,73730	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			3	73728,73729,73730	88

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	DeepDive-Co-0018	2202	2170	2186±16	U-Pb	age of deformed Eobirimian gneiss basement		zircon				Zircon			144041	Angovia Gold Mines, Bouaflé Department, Marahoué, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast	Angovia deposit	Coulibaly et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.09.014	JAES50_234	age of deformed Eobirimian gneiss basement

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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