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Occurrence number:
105-00-005
Country:
Mali
Location:
Longitude: 0.08, Latitude: 20.22
Carbonatite:
Yes
This is a 1.5 km diameter intrusion of rodbergite (hematite and ferrocarbonatite) that lies along a fault extending north from the Adiounedj (No. 105-00-006) complex. Another small such body is indicated on a map in Liegeois et al. (1991, Fig. 5) as occurring along the same fault between Adiounedj and Tekawelt. No petrographic details have been found.
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.
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