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Locality Name:
Besakay Mines, Betrandraka Commune, Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 73103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Besakay Mines, Betrandraka Commune, Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCubanite
MolybdeniteNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteValleriiteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Galena  (*)Massicot  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)0180
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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