Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piela Department, Gnagna Province, East Region, Burkina Faso

mindat Locality ID: 280486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piela Department, Gnagna Province, East Region, Burkina Faso": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Balpoa Gold Prospect
Diabatou

Latitude: 12°42'40"N
Longitude: 0°4'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.711111111111,0.066944444444444

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.

Copper	Melonite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: Au Cu Fe Hg O Pb S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Melonite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	29198	489
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	29198	361
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	29198	169
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	29196,29198	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	29196,29198	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29198	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	29198	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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