Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Togo

mindat Locality ID: 39713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Togo": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Centre Region
Kara Region
Maritime Region
Plateaux Region
Savanes Region

Latitude: 8°24'16"N
Longitude: 0°50'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 8.4044444444444,0.84916666666667

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore
Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Turquoise

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coronadite ()*
Corundum ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Planerite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore
Halotrichite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Turquoise

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	116086	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	116086	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	116100,116101,116102,116103	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	116110	3902
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	116117	227
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	116089	1797
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	4	116100,116101,116102,116103	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	116117	599
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	116095	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	116086	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	116086	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	116100,116101,116102,116103	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	116086,116114	2812
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	116086	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	116091,116097	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	116117	243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	116086,116100,116101,116102,116103	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	116086,116106	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	116106	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	116109	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	2	116100,116103	306
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	116087	43
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	116091	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	116086	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	116086	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116109	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	116086	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	116086	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	116106	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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