Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Gorgol Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 145699
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145699.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gorgol Region, Mauritania": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Matam
Selibaba

Latitude: 15°39'17"N
Longitude: 12°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.654722222222,-12.75

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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: C Cr Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	80519	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5	80520,80528,80530,80531,80532	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	80519,80529	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	80529	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	80529	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	80519	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	80518,80524	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	80519	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	80524	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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