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Locality Name:
Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 145804
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145804.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Al Rais Meteorite
Al-Monawarh
Bulghah Gold Mine
Jabal Ash Shizm
Jabal Hamra
Jabal Mardah
Jabal Rukman (Jabal Rokham)
Jabal Sayid Mine (Jabal Sayid Cu-Zn Deposit)
Jabal Tuwalah (Djebel Tuwallah)
Maham
Musayna’ah
Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine)
Umm Ad Damar

Latitude: 24°46'40"N
Longitude: 40°32'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.777777777778,40.539722222222

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Dundasite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Lindackerite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Geigerite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Offretite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*
Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tinaksite ()*
Tunisite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Volkovskite ()*	Volynskite ()*
Vulcanite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Dundasite Feldspar Fluorite Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Lindackerite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	800	800	1	104579	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	104573	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	800	800	1	104579	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	3	104579,104581,104583	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	104573	2060
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	800	800	1	104579	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	104573	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	5	104577,104579,104581,104582,104583	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	104573	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	800	800	1	104579	966
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	104582	2970
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	104573	97
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	800	800	1	104579	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	2	104579,104583	24243
Geigerite ()*	Lindackerite	Mn²⁺₅(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)₂·10H₂O			1	104573	7
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	5	104574,104579,104581,104582,104583	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2500	541	2	104581,104583	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	104576,104582	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	800	800	1	104579	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	104573	5591
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2500	541	1	104583	249
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	104578	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	800	800	5	104572,104573,104579,104581,104582	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	104581	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	104573	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	541	2	104581,104583	5800
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O			1	104573	146
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	104573	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	104581	1512
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	104577	716
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄			1	104577	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	4	104577,104579,104582,104583	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	3	104572,104579,104583	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	104573,104576,104581,104582	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	104573	48
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	104572	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	4	104577,104579,104581,104583	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	800	800	1	104579	190
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	104582	1101
Tinaksite ()*	None	K₂NaCa₂TiSi₇O₁₈(OH)O			1	104573	9
Tunisite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₄(CO₃)₄(OH)₈Cl			1	104573	5
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	104576	2718
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂			1	104577	106
Volkovskite ()*	None	KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O			1	104573	9
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	800	800	1	104579	64
Vulcanite ()*	None	CuTe	800	800	1	104579	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	104576,104580	5251

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00840	800	800	Proterozoic					S	244355	Jabal Ash Shizm, Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Ash Shizm	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00844	800	800	Proterozoic					S	19975	Jabal Sayid Mine (Jabal Sayid Cu-Zn Deposit), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Jabal Sayid	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
JGSL141_1043_0001	702	686	694 ± 8	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon		17151	Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Nuqrah mine	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
JGSL141_1043_0002	640	630	635 ± 5	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon		17151	Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Nuqrah mine	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
vms-00849	2500	541	Proterozoic						244361	Nugrah North, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Nuqrah North	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00850	2500	541	Proterozoic						244362	Nugrah South, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Nuqrah South	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00847	2500	541	Proterozoic						244357	Umm Ad Damar, Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Jibal Umm Ad Damar (South Prospect)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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