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Locality Name:
Trarza Region, Mauritania


mindat Locality ID: 145705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trarza Region, Mauritania": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bir Allah
Bou Naga Complex
Nimjat
Nouakchott
Saint Louis

Latitude: 18°4'17"N
Longitude: 14°55'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.071388888889,-14.919444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteBastnäsiteCalciteClinozoisiteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGypsumMalachiteNoneParisitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinel
SulphurZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Chromite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sulphur  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21813003092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)581294,81296,81297,81298,8130011547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F181300304
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41812953902
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16181300599
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281300,813208173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21813009617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1813007437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O281318,813246890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl281318,813241398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3381292,81296,8130014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3381317,81320,813225433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4481292,81294,81300,8132014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2281298,8130012537
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1812942349
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2181300112
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2281296,8130039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2681293,81294,81296,81297,81298,8130061156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2281294,81300375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2481300,81317,81320,813225614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1813006417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41813201934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS281321,813242045
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2181299236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1813001006
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)181300939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)581294,81300,81317,81320,813225251


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