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Locality Name:
Belamoty, Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 617
Youngest recorded age at locality: 607

mindat Locality ID: 309410
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309410.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belamoty, Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vohibory Cu Field

Latitude: 23°37'40"S
Longitude: 44°52'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.627777777778,44.880277777778
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosiderite
QuartzTitanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6176071790169052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2617607379014,79015,790165509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS46176071790155516
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O617607279015,79016925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S617607279014,790155707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS261760717901527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6176071790163531
Copper  (*)CopperCu6176071790163846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6176071790154165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O6176071790162970
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2617607279015,7901612537
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O617607179016428
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4617607179016369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO261760717901661156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O6176071790161153
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O6176071790154899


1 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
Jen_0001539617607612 ± 5U-Pbage of formation of protolith rubyzircon   Zircon  191264Vohibory Cu Field, Belamoty, Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, MadagascarVohibory DepositGiuliani et al. (2007) GOGD37_23 

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