Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia

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

mindat Locality ID: 145805
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145805.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Al Halahila
Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine)
Najran
Wadi Qatan

Latitude: 17°52'19"N
Longitude: 43°55'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 17.871944444444,43.917222222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Wurtzite

Alabandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Wurtzite

18 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
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	702	630	1	104636	312
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	1	104633	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	2	104633,104636	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	702	630	1	104636	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	541	1	104633	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	1	104633	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	541	1	104633	14640
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	702	630	1	104636	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	541	1	104633	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	702	630	1	104636	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	1	104633	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	702	630	1	104636	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	2	104633,104636	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	2	104633,104636	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	1	104633	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	702	630	1	104636	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	1	104633	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	1	104633	3337

6 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-00836	785	785	Proterozoic					S	244359	Al Halahila, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Al Halahila	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00837	2500	541	Proterozoic						8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Al Masane (Al Hourah)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00838	2500	541	Proterozoic						8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Al Masane (Moyeath)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00839	2500	541	Proterozoic						8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Al Masane (Saadah)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
JGSL141_1043_0001a	702	686	694 ± 8	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon		241259	Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Halaban-Al Amar region	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
JGSL141_1043_0002a	640	630	635 ± 5	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon		241259	Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Halaban-Al Amar region	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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