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Locality Name:
Mudug Region, Somalia

mindat Locality ID: 126632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mudug Region, Somalia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Qeycad

Latitude: 5°0'0"N
Longitude: 48°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5,48

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.

Cerite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Iron	None	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Copper Corundum Cubanite Iron None Sphalerite Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	105993	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	105993	3846
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	105993	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	105993	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	105993	191
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	105993	230
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	105993	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	105993	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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