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Locality Name:
Konongo, Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2157
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2091

mindat Locality ID: 281192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Konongo, Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, Ghana": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Konongo-Southern Cross Mine

Latitude: 6°37'15"N
Longitude: 1°13'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.6208333333333,-1.2166666666667
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 C Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS215720911638739052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1121572091163873843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3215720911638731089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22157209116387327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2157209116387324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2157215316387330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC215720911638732812
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2215720911638735674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22157209116387339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8215720911638739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22157209116387361156
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)2157209116387377
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2157209116387321482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13215720911638735317


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PR89_129-1215721532155±2207Pb/206Pb highzircon20 YesZirconGoldAu192427Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, GhanaAshanti belt, GhanaOberthür et al. (1998)10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00075-2PR89_129Fig. 4
PR89_129-2210520912098±7Pb/Pb rutileGH789 YesRutileGoldAu192427Ashanti Gold Belt, Western Region, GhanaAshanti belt, GhanaOberthür et al. (1998)10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00075-3PR89_130Fig. 8

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