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Locality Name:
Centre-Sud Region, Burkina Faso


mindat Locality ID: 310427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Centre-Sud Region, Burkina Faso": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kiaka Deposit

Latitude: 11°30'0"N
Longitude: 0°-50'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 11.5,-0.83333333333333
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 Au B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
GarnetLöllingiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzTetradymite
Tourmaline

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21291903419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31291902353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1291909052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12919027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212919027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8129190577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81291901756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1291901025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61291904135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)129190648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1291908173
Gold  (*)CopperAu12919030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312919014640
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41291901507
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2129190762
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12919022
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212919017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21291902273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212919039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81291909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212919061156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51291901516
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3129190276


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