Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Digenite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite

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 ()*

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:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Digenite
Fluorite Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Talc Titanite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	104595	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	104589	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	2	104591,104592	88
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	104590,104595	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	104589	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	104590	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	104590	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	104590	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	104591,104592	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	104591,104592	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	104589,104590,104591,104592,104595	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	104591,104592	3531
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	104590	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	104589,104590,104591,104595	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	2	104591,104592	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	104589,104593,104595	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	104589	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	104589	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	104592	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	104589	14899
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	2	104591,104592	51
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	104590	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	104589,104590,104595	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	104589,104590,104595	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	104590,104595	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	104589,104590	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	104592	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	104590	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	104589	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	104590	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	104590	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	2	104591,104592	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	104589	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	104592	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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