Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Msila Province, Algeria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 131108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Msila Province, Algeria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kherzet Youcef Deposit

Latitude: 34°31'29"N
Longitude: 4°2'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.524722222222,4.0436111111111

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	Calcite	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	100	1	1421	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	145	100	1	1421	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	100	1	1421	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	100	1	1421	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	100	1	1421	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	145	100	1	1421	1066
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	100	1	1421	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	100	1	1421	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145	100	1	1421	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	100	1	1421	21482

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
	sedexmvt-00004	145	100	Early Cretaceous		host rock age									270090	Kherzet Youcef Deposit, Msila Province, Algeria	Kherzet Youcef	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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