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Locality Name:
Samra II Deposit, Kid, South Sinai, Egypt

Oldest recorded age at locality: 685
Youngest recorded age at locality: 635

mindat Locality ID: 204723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samra II Deposit, Kid, South Sinai, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteLöllingiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStaurolite
Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Zoubekite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO568563501310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS68563509052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S116856350843
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S126856350663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS685635024243
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs26856350762
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS26856350300
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS368563501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2685635039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S868563509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2685635061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS685635021482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)6856350978
Zoubekite  (*)NoneAgPb4Sb4S10685635010



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0045685635660Pb    Yes  204720Um Zeriq II Deposit, Kid, South Sinai, EgyptUm Zeriq IIHelmy et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.11.015JAES90_77 


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