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Locality Name:
Lasail Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman

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

mindat Locality ID: 14096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14096.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc, Oceanic Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lasail Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°16'23"N
Longitude: 56°26'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.273055555556,56.433333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Au Ca Co Cu Fe Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ca Co Cu Fe Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCubaniteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
SphaleriteSpinelTitaniteWurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS410010005516
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S41001000154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2100100027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31001000802
Gold  (*)CopperAu100100030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3100100014640
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1001000451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4100100014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210010005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS210010005800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100100039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810010009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100100061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS100100021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O10010004899



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00704100100Cretaceous       S14096Lasail Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, OmanLasailMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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