Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal

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Iron deposit on a small mountain (Kourou Diaokouma) in Eastern Senegal near the border of Mali, in the Falémé River basin.

References:
- Gineste, C. (2005): Sénégalite et phosphates associés de Kouroudiako, Falémé, Sénégal. Le Règne Minéral 65, 13-24. (in French)
- Hühne, H. (2007): Exkursionen im Senegal, Westafrika - Goldsuche und die Typlokalität von Senegalit. Lapis 32 (11), 32-37; 54. (in German)

- http://pangeaminerals.ke0.eu/cv/kouroudiako.html

Mineral List:

Augelite
Chalcopyrite
Copper
Crandallite
Goethite

Hematite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite

Senegalite (TL)
Strengite
Turquoise
Variscite
Wavellite

15 entries listed. 15 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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