Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hodh El Gharbi Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 145702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hodh El Gharbi Region, Mauritania": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ayoun El Atrous
Bou Derga
Nioro
Timbedgha

Latitude: 16°34'16"N
Longitude: 9°21'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.571111111111,-9.3588888888889

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar
Iron	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Spinel

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Malachite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Mg Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar
Iron Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Spinel

18 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	80586	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	80586	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	80613	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	80590	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	80597	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	80586	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	80596	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	80590	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	80588	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	80597	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	80597	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	80588,80591	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	80586	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	80586,80587	1089
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	13	80588,80590,80591,80595,80596,80597,80600,80601,80602,80604,80606,80611,80613	12537
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	80586	303
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	80587	374
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	80586	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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