Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sétif Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 131091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sétif Province, Algeria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bou Taleb
Chabet El Hamra Mine (Chaabet El Hamra Mine)
Tadjera Meteorite

Latitude: 36°3'55"N
Longitude: 5°16'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.065277777778,5.2738888888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Corundum	Cubanite	Iron	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Spinel

Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Corundum Cubanite Iron Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1452	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	1451	4979
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	1453	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1452	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	1452	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1453	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	1453	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	1453	191
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	1452	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1452	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1452	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	1452	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	1453	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	1453	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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