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Locality Name:
Kutam Cu-Zn Deposit, Mintaqah 'Asir, Saudi Arabia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 27716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kutam Cu-Zn Deposit, Mintaqah 'Asir, Saudi Arabia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°35'55"N
Longitude: 43°34'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 17.598611111111,43.569444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	541	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2500	541	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2500	541	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	541	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2500	541	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	541	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2500	541	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2500	541	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	541	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	541	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2500	541	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00835	2500	541	Proterozoic							Yes				27717	Al Hajar Mine, Mintaqah 'Asir, Saudi Arabia	Al Hajar	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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