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Locality Name:
Bir Bir River, Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District), Gimbi, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia


mindat Locality ID: 99784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bir Bir River, Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District), Gimbi, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Joubdo Stream

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: As Au Ca Cr Cu Fe Ir Mg Ni O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe Ni Pt Rh S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideBowieiteChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteKingstoniteNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskite
PotaritePyritePyroxeneSpinelUllmanniteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bowieite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprorhodsite  (*)Diopside  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Ferronickelplatinum  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Genkinite  (*)Gold  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kingstonite  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Osmium  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Tulameenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61495102060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41495105516
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S3033
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214951027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41495103902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3149510802
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S4034
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61495104135
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2149510110
Ferronickelplatinum  (*)PotaritePt2FeNi013
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1495101188
Genkinite  (*)NonePt4Sb314951012
Gold  (*)CopperAu14951030554
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS149510119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS149510154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe149510128
Kingstonite  (*)KingstoniteRh3S404
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2149510226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414951014899
Osmium  (*)NoneOs149510169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81495101512
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb214951075
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe14951066
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe14951048


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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