Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 204725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samra IV 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

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Staurolite
Tetrahedrite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Löllingite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Zoubekite ()*

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:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Löllingite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Staurolite
Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	685	635	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	685	635	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	685	635	843
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	685	635	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	685	635	24243
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	685	635	762
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	685	635	300
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	685	635	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	685	635	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	685	635	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	685	635	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	685	635	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	685	635	978
Zoubekite ()*	None	AgPb₄Sb₄S₁₀	685	635	10

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
	DeepDive-Co-0045	685	635	660	Pb						Yes				204720	Um Zeriq II Deposit, Kid, South Sinai, Egypt	Um Zeriq II	Helmy et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.11.015	JAES90_77

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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