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Locality Name:
Mintaqah Al Qasim, Saudi Arabia


mindat Locality ID: 145811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mintaqah Al Qasim, Saudi Arabia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Al Amar District
Baid Al Jimalah
Jabal Zalm Area
Sukhaybarat Al Gharbiyah (Sukhaybarat Ash Sharqiyah)

Latitude: 25°23'58"N
Longitude: 43°1'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.399444444444,43.019444444444

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDigenite
FluoriteGypsumMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTitanite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anilite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geerite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mckinstryite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211045953419
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11045891588
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S42104591,10459288
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2104590,1045959052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110458911547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311045901935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411045905516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211045905171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2104591,104592925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2104591,1045925707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25104589,104590,104591,104592,10459527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2104591,1045923531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211045909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4104589,104590,104591,10459524243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S52104591,10459238
Gold  (*)CopperAu3104589,104593,10459530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11045896890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110458914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311045925433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110458914899
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S42104591,10459251
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211045905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23104589,104590,10459517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23104589,104590,10459539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82104590,1045959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22104589,10459061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211045925614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11045904894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110458921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41104590668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311045903418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2104591,104592332
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211045893337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11045924899



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