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Locality Name:
Tamanghasset Province, Algeria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2014
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 131093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tamanghasset Province, Algeria": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Acfer 063 Meteorite
Acfer 094 Meteorite
Acfer 217 Meteorite
Ahaggar Mtn (Hoggar Mtn)
Ebelekan
Tamanrasset
Tanezrouft

Latitude: 26°24'58"N
Longitude: 3°53'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.416111111111,3.8930555555556

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Chenevixite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite
Cubanite	Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Melonite
Mica	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Topaz	Zircon	Zirconolite

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: Al As Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O Os P Pt Ru S Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chenevixite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Crichtonite
Cubanite Diamond Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Iron Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Melonite
Mica Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Topaz Zircon Zirconolite

86 IMA Minerals at location:

Addibischoffite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*
Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aspidolite ()*	Augite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossite ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kaersutite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kushiroite ()*	Lakargiite ()*	Laurite ()*	Loveringite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marićite ()*	Masutomilite ()*	Moncheite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Periclase ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tazheranite ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*
Zirconolite ()*

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
Addibischoffite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₂Al₆Al₆O₂₀			1	1497	1
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	1486	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			2	1468,1469	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2014	1974	7	1470,1475,1480,1481,1487,1489,1493	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	1486	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1907	1901	1	1471	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			4	1464,1478,1495,1497	1036
Aspidolite ()*	Mica Clay	NaMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	1478	11
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	1464,1484	2060
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			5	1470,1481,1487,1488,1489	5171
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	2014	500	2	1466,1490	90
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	1478,1498	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	1498	94
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	1498	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2014	1974	2	1475,1479	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	1464	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	1464	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	1464,1498	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			3	1464,1478,1495	944
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂			1	1465	110
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1907	1901	5	1468,1469,1471,1484,1497	371
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			4	1470,1480,1487,1488	551
Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Scheelite	CeNbO₄·0.3H₂O			1	1486	16
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂			1	1464	86
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1907	1901	2	1471,1484	84
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			5	1464,1478,1492,1495,1498	1188
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	1484	178
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	1464	2812
Grossite ()*	None	CaAl₄O₇			3	1464,1495,1496	19
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1907	1901	1	1471	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1907	1901	1	1471	741
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2014	1974	2	1475,1478	407
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉			4	1464,1495,1496,1497	80
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	560	500	2	1481,1482	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	1465,1478,1495	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS			1	1465	154
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			2	1464,1498	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃			1	1498	191
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂			1	1487	148
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂			1	1478	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	1480,1481	5591
Kushiroite ()*	Pyroxene	CaAlAlSiO₆			1	1497	4
Lakargiite ()*	Perovskite	CaZrO₃			1	1464	10
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂			1	1465	226
Loveringite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₁₈O₃₈			1	1478	9
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	1495	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1907	1901	5	1464,1468,1469,1471,1495	14899
Marićite ()*	None	NaFe²⁺(PO₄)			1	1464	8
Masutomilite ()*	Mica	KLiAlMn²⁺(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂	560	500	1	1482	12
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂			1	1465	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	1480,1481,1487,1488	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2014	1974	2	1475,1487	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	1478	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			3	1464,1465,1495	1512
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO			1	1464	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			4	1464,1495,1496,1497	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2014	1974	2	1475,1478	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	1464	303
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅			1	1478	164
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	1464,1495	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2014	500	13	1468,1469,1471,1472,1475,1477,1480,1481,1482,1484,1487,1488,1489	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	1468,1469	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2014	1901	6	1464,1470,1471,1475,1478,1487	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	1468,1469	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	1495	301
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	2014	1974	1	1475	129
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	1477,1487	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	1495	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	1487	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2014	1974	2	1475,1484	1516
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	1465	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			5	1464,1465,1495,1496,1497	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	1498	703
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	1481	211
Tazheranite ()*	Fluorite	(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O, )₂			1	1464	8
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	1487,1489	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	1486	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			9	1470,1472,1473,1480,1481,1487,1488,1489,1493	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			4	1464,1465,1492,1498	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	1487	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	1485	890
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	560	500	1	1482	56
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈			2	1470,1489	78
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	1487	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	1486,1487,1489	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇			1	1478	140

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001074	MAGMATIC STYLE: Small, lensoid intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenites (fenite?).

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Bradley_2012_085	1907	1901	1904±3	U/Pb		zircon	Zircon	66720	Gour Oumelalen, Ahaggar Mtn (Hoggar Mtn), Tamanghasset Province, Algeria	—	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Jen_0001074	2014	1974	1994±20	U-Pb		zircon	Zircon	259611	In Ouzzal, Ahaggar Mtn (Hoggar Mtn), Tamanghasset Province, Algeria	In'Ouzzal	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Alexandra-0277	560	500	530 ± 30		Age of pegmatite			67348	Oua-n-Rechla, Ahaggar Mtn (Hoggar Mtn), Tamanghasset Province, Algeria	Ouan-Rechla	Vail (1989)	10.1016/S0899-5362(89)80006-5	JAES8_19

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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