Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bou Jaber Mine, Bou Jaber (Bou Jabeur), Kalaat Es Senan, Kef, Tunisia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 146017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bou Jaber Mine, Bou Jaber (Bou Jabeur), Kalaat Es Senan, Kef, Tunisia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	145	66	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	66	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	66	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	66	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	145	66	581
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	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
	sedexmvt-00215	145	66	Cretaceous		host rock age									146017	Bou Jaber Mine, Bou Jaber (Bou Jabeur), Kalaat Es Senan, Kef, Tunisia	Bou Jabeur	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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