| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Diopside |
| Formula: | CaMgSi2O6 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diopside data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Goto deposit, Falémé River basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 838480 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:838480:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d70d815a-3a17-495a-b66e-40faa86d660e |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Economic Geology Vol. 99, pp. 917–939 The Falémé Iron District, Senegal M. O. SCHWARTZ† AND F. MELCHER Bundesanstalt...510153, D-30631 Hannover, Germany Abstract The Falémé iron district in the Kedougou-Kéniéba inlier of...emphasis on the Karakaene-Ndi and Goto deposits. The ore deposits of the Falémé district are the only major...subjected to postore metamorphism. The deposits of the Falémé district have many similarities to Phanerozoic...metamorphism. The endoskarn of the Karakaene-Ndi deposit is hosted by microdiorite with pervasive albitization |  | | Book | | System..................................... Central Deposit and Altered Wall Rocks ....... Fluid Injection...their migration shortly after their formation, by river transport, eventually reaching large bodies of water...tend to deposit gravel (the coarse fraction) while lakes and streams on the flatter areas deposit sand and...function of their Na, K and Si content. The central region indicates the area where the complex series of...modified; 3 saprock; 4 fissures filled by a reddish deposit; 5 altered coherent rock 90 D. Righi and A. |
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