Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Assaba Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 145696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Assaba Region, Mauritania": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Boumdeid (2011) Meteorite
Kankossa
Kiffa
Kiffa Meteorite
Mbout
Ouassat

Latitude: 16°31'44"N
Longitude: 11°39'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.528888888889,-11.664444444444

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.

Baddeleyite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Epidote
Feldspar	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Carnotite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Geikielite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O S Si Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Epidote
Feldspar Iron Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Spinel Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	80417	1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	80443	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	80417	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15	80419,80420,80421,80424,80426,80427,80431,80432,80433,80434,80440,80448,80451,80452,80459	11547
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	80420	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	80463	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	80435,80442,80461,80462	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4	80417,80430,80436,80464	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	80417,80424	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	80463	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	80442,80443	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	80469	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	80420,80424,80461	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	80441	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	80417	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2	80433,80434	445
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	80417	70
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	80448	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	80433,80434,80436,80452,80455	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	80417,80455	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	80417	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	80456	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	80423,80436,80455	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	16	80424,80431,80432,80435,80437,80440,80442,80443,80444,80445,80446,80447,80448,80460,80461,80462	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	80433,80434	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	80433,80434,80435,80442,80452,80454,80461	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	80436,80438,80439,80443,80449,80453,80455,80462	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	80423	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	80417	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	80417	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	80417	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	80423	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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