Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 145698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chami
Nouadhibou

Latitude: 20°56'53"N
Longitude: 15°58'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.948055555556,-15.981944444444

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fritzscheite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Francevillite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Na O S Si Sn Ti U V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fritzscheite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	80507	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	80504,80507,80509	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	80505	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	80502	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	80504	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	80503	27198
Francevillite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ba(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5H₂O	2	80502,80505	43
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	80500	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	80511,80513	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	80500	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	80505,80508	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	80501	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	80500	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	80500,80501,80502,80503,80507	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	80511,80513	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	80508	6417
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	80507	688
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	2	80500,80502	628
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	80511,80513	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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