Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 145704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania": 591
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 563

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Adam Talha Meteorite
Aguelt El Habib Ould Brahim
Aguelt El Mahba
Ain Ben Tili
Arouakim
Bel Guerdan
Bir Lemjed
Bir Moghrein
Blekhzaymat
Chegga
Dayet El Aam Meteorite
El Hammami Meteorite
El Hassan Ould Hamed
El Mreiti
F'dérik
Gleibat Tenebdar
Guelb El Rhein (Guelb Rhein)
Hassi Djebilet
Kedia D'Idjill
M’Haoudat Mine
Mejaouda
Mreïra Meteorite
Noktat Addagmar Meteorite
Oued El Hamra
Oum Arwagen Mine
Oumm Dfeirat
Oumm Roueissine
Rhall Amane 001 Meteorite
Rhall Amane 002 Meteorite
Rhallamane
Tenoumer Area
Tenoumer Crater
Tin Bessais
Touajil Area
Zednes

Latitude: 24°4'3"N
Longitude: 9°44'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.0675,-9.7447222222222

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fritzscheite	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Titanite	Wollastonite	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 As Au Ba Be C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Th Ti U V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Fritzscheite Garnet Gypsum Iron Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

70 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Francevillite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Kyanite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	81094	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	80816	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	81098	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4	81126,81132,81134,81210	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	80795	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	81126,81169	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	80721,80848,80927,80928,81199	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	80795	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	16	80798,80799,80800,80801,80802,80803,80804,80818,80899,80903,80956,80959,81063,81119,81126,81148	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	80818,81277	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10	80757,80845,80899,80959,81114,81118,81124,81126,81143,81198	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	80754,80765,80886,80897,80923,80975,81066,81146,81148,81210	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	80749	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	80757	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	80749	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	10	81097,81098,81100,81104,81111,81113,81114,81116,81120,81210	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	12	80899,80959,81081,81087,81098,81111,81203,81220,81223,81224,81225,81226	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35	80757,80842,80845,80846,80847,80959,81004,81020,81040,81097,81098,81100,81104,81106,81111,81112,81113,81114,81115,81116,81118,81119,81120,81123,81124,81126,81128,81198,81203,81220,81223,81224,81225,81226,81279	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	80789	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	80754,80795,80810	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	13	80844,80856,81003,81004,81100,81104,81111,81118,81119,81162,81198,81276,81279	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	15	80842,80847,80899,80956,80959,81100,81104,81106,81108,81109,81111,81116,81118,81119,81120	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	81010	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	81285	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	10	80838,80959,81081,81087,81098,81104,81114,81115,81116,81219	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	80838,81098	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	81213,81271	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	80899	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	81173,81213	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	12	80709,80899,80903,80959,81021,81023,81210,81228,81229,81232,81260,81265	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	13	80790,80824,80825,80857,80925,80927,80993,81134,81138,81204,81242,81250,81251	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	80705,80798,80799,80800,80801,80802,80803	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	4	80795,80840,81094,81095	1188
Francevillite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ba(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5H₂O	1	80749	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33	80709,80843,80844,80845,80899,81097,81098,81100,81102,81103,81104,81106,81107,81108,81110,81111,81112,81113,81114,81115,81116,81117,81120,81121,81122,81123,81124,81125,81128,81143,81152,81210,81211	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	80789,80806,80820,81111,81156	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	81128,81129	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	10	80701,80793,80794,80805,80811,80816,80914,81041,81087,81127	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	35	80806,80820,80827,80869,80870,80879,80902,80941,80942,80943,80944,80945,80946,80947,80948,80952,80965,81019,81021,81061,81084,81089,81091,81144,81155,81163,81165,81174,81177,81184,81200,81230,81253,81261,81284	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	80790,80902,81213	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	80839,81094	1089
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	81286	1507
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	81084	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38	80725,80726,80727,80732,80832,80835,80902,80941,80942,80943,80944,80945,80946,80947,80948,80952,80953,80977,81019,81022,81024,81039,81043,81045,81046,81048,81049,81052,81061,81079,81084,81174,81177,81250,81252,81261,81262,81275	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	47	80761,80838,80842,80843,80844,80845,80847,80857,80879,80896,80897,80899,80956,80959,81002,81011,81097,81098,81100,81104,81107,81109,81111,81116,81117,81120,81121,81122,81123,81124,81125,81130,81142,81143,81162,81165,81203,81205,81219,81220,81221,81222,81223,81224,81225,81226,81279	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	81094	230
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	81081,81082,81083,81087	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	80893,80927,81011	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	80764	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	81218	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	80751	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	81046,81047,81213	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	126	80714,80715,80721,80722,80723,80724,80725,80727,80731,80732,80736,80746,80753,80759,80760,80762,80763,80790,80813,80816,80822,80823,80824,80825,80826,80830,80831,80834,80835,80843,80848,80850,80851,80853,80855,80856,80857,80858,80860,80865,80870,80871,80872,80875,80877,80881,80882,80885,80886,80887,80890,80925,80927,80928,80984,80985,81004,81017,81019,81020,81022,81026,81031,81033,81040,81041,81042,81043,81044,81045,81046,81047,81048,81049,81054,81081,81083,81087,81097,81098,81100,81104,81107,81111,81112,81116,81120,81126,81128,81130,81156,81158,81160,81161,81162,81163,81184,81199,81204,81212,81219,81231,81236,81237,81238,81239,81240,81241,81242,81244,81245,81246,81247,81248,81249,81250,81252,81255,81260,81261,81262,81263,81264,81279,81280,81283	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	81213,81271	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	80729,80751,80754,81041,81042	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	168	80714,80715,80720,80721,80722,80724,80741,80742,80743,80744,80745,80752,80753,80754,80761,80763,80796,80798,80799,80800,80801,80802,80803,80835,80842,80843,80845,80846,80850,80855,80857,80877,80878,80879,80883,80886,80887,80894,80902,80922,80925,80926,80927,80929,80930,80932,80965,80984,80992,80993,80994,80995,80996,81002,81003,81004,81005,81006,81011,81013,81017,81030,81031,81034,81035,81036,81054,81061,81066,81075,81081,81082,81083,81085,81086,81087,81097,81098,81100,81101,81102,81103,81104,81107,81108,81109,81110,81111,81113,81114,81115,81117,81119,81120,81121,81122,81123,81124,81125,81126,81128,81129,81131,81132,81133,81134,81135,81136,81137,81138,81139,81140,81141,81142,81144,81145,81147,81148,81149,81150,81151,81152,81153,81154,81155,81157,81158,81159,81160,81161,81162,81163,81164,81169,81174,81177,81184,81202,81203,81219,81220,81221,81222,81223,81224,81225,81226,81227,81228,81234,81236,81237,81240,81241,81242,81251,81252,81253,81254,81263,81264,81265,81279,81280,81282,81283,81284,81286	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	80818,81285	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	81179,81181	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	80839	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	80897,80965,80968,81001,81126	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	80813	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21	80709,80757,80959,81097,81098,81100,81102,81103,81104,81106,81110,81111,81112,81113,81116,81121,81123,81125,81126,81210,81211	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	80757	668
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	81098	1101
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	80987	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	80790	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	80795,81094	1044
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	4	80791,80792,80793,80794	628
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	81277	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	80790	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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