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Locality Name:
Thiès Region, Senegal


mindat Locality ID: 30828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thiès Region, Senegal": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Grand Côte Mine
Lam Lam Mine
Ndomour Diop Deposit
Pallo Mine
Taiba
Tivaouane

Latitude: 15°3'16"N
Longitude: 16°41'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.054444444444,-16.693333333333
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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteClayCorundumKaoliniteNonePalygorskiteRutileTurquoiseWardite
WavelliteZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Augelite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Ernienickelite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Millisite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Rutile  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3110468679
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62104684,104686310
Ernienickelite  (*)NoneNiMn4+3O7·3H2O11046886
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11046882740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311046815433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411046845591
Millisite  (*)WarditeNaCaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3H2O110468412
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1104686306
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211046815614
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1104686484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O2104684,104686374
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11046815251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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