Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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Tin Tamoussit

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Occurrence number: 
105-00-004
Country: 
Mali
Location: 
Longitude: 0.38, Latitude: 20.38
Carbonatite: 
No

These are three plugs up to 300 m in diameter one of which consists of phonolite and the other two of eudialyte-nepheline syenite intruding phonolite.

References: 

LIEGOIS, J.P., SAUVAGE, J.F. and BLACK, R. 1991. The Permo-Jurassic alkaline province of Tadhak, Mali: geology, geochronology and tectonic significance. Lithos, 27: 95-105.

Map: 
Fig. 3_163 The distribution of alkaline intrusions in the Tadhak Province, which lies to the northwest of the Iforas intrusions. The most northwesterly of the Iforas occurrences (Tessalit, No. 10) is shown.
Location: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith