Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sahel Region, Burkina Faso

mindat Locality ID: 215775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sahel Region, Burkina Faso": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Inata Mine
Oudalan Province
Yagha Province

Latitude: 14°3'53"N
Longitude: 0°-26'-52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.064722222222,-0.44777777777778

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	29219	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	29221	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	29219,29221	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	29219	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	29219	27198
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	29221	327
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	29219	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	29221,29226	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	29219,29228,29229,29230	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	29222,29223,29224,29226	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	29221,29226	5433
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	29219	249
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	29219	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	29221,29222,29223,29224,29226	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	29221	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	29219,29228	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	29219,29221	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	29219,29230	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	29221	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	29219	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	29219	1803
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	29226	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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