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Locality Name:
Cercle De Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali


mindat Locality ID: 33459
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33459.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cercle De Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Arrondissement Diakon (Diako)
Arrondissement Kontela
Commune Diakon
Commune Kontela
Commune Tomora

Latitude: 14°20'52"N
Longitude: 10°16'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.347777777778,-10.276111111111
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetIronMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelStilbiteTitaniteVesuvianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
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)21801443419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3580136,80137,80141,80158,801811534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21801515509
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8580136,80164,80182,80194,801951756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61801554135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2080132,80136,80137,80138,80140,80141,80142,80143,80149,80150,80151,80153,80154,80159,80164,80180,80182,80186,80187,801948173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3880136,80141,80155,80177,80182,80187,80189,801941544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3280136,8018614640
Iron  (*)IronFe1801411089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418013614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218015112537
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2280132,80143313
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21680132,80136,80137,80138,80140,80142,80143,80144,80149,80150,80151,80153,80159,80176,80180,801821898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218013639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2480136,80137,80151,8015361156
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O180159268
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O480136,80140,80164,801824899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10480136,80164,80176,801821395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060278Commune Diakon, Cercle De Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Malihttps://rruff.info/R060278
R050055Arrondissement Diakon (Diako), Commune Diakon, Cercle De Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Malihttps://rruff.info/R050055

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