Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Molybdenite at Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 702Ma - 630Ma at this locality

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
JGSL141_1043_0001a	702	686	Zircon			241259	Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
JGSL141_1043_0002a	640	630	Zircon			241259	Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
vms-00837	2500	541				8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00838	2500	541				8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00839	2500	541				8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034