Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Saida Province, Algeria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 115
Youngest recorded age at locality: 115

mindat Locality ID: 131090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saida Province, Algeria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ain Sefra
Djebel Djara
Garat Debba
Mehirize Mine
Tiloula Mine

Latitude: 33°0'35"N
Longitude: 0°-27'-23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.009722222222,-0.45638888888889

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	Malachite	None

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: C Cu Fe H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Malachite None

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Arfvedsonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Malachite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	115	115	1	1445	295
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	115	115	5	1445,1446,1447,1448,1449	5707
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	115	115	5	1445,1446,1447,1448,1449	12537

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedcu-00014	115	115	Cretaceous, L.Aptian	Cu	105775	Ain Sefra, Saida Province, Algeria	Ain Sefra	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00012	115	115	Cretaceous, L.Aptian	Cu	212977	Djebel Djara, Saida Province, Algeria	Djebel Djara	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00013	115	115	Cretaceous, L.Aptian	Cu	212978	Garat Debba, Saida Province, Algeria	Garat Debba	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00010	115	115	Cretaceous, Lower Aptian	Cu	212975	Mehirize Mine, Saida Province, Algeria	Mehirize	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00011	115	115	Cretaceous, L.Aptian	Cu	212976	Tiloula Mine, Saida Province, Algeria	Tiloula	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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