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:
Narok County, Kenya

mindat Locality ID: 245378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Narok County, Kenya": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kilimapesa Gold Mine
Osarara

Latitude: 1°14'36"S
Longitude: 34°48'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.2433333333333,34.810555555556

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.

Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 B H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Mica None Quartz Tourmaline

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Dravite ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	77733	648
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	77732	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	77733	17380
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	1	77733	24
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	77732,77733	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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