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Locality Name:
Mintaqah 'Asir, Saudi Arabia

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

mindat Locality ID: 145816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mintaqah 'Asir, Saudi Arabia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Al Hajar Mine
Iktinah Mine
Jabal Marya
Jabal Umm Al Suqian
Kutam Cu-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 19°3'43"N
Longitude: 42°36'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.061944444444,42.607777777778
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ta W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)2250054111045623419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)25005412104561,1045628803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2250054111045625509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2500541110456211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25005412104558,10456227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22500541110456227198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8250054111045621756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)250054111045628173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211045619617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O425005411104562445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2500541110456224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)250054111045627437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2500541110455830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32500541110456214640
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O21104561148
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)250054111045581487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42500541110455814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22500541110456212537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11045614924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225005412104561,10456217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225005412104559,10456239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8250054111045629056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225005412104561,10456261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11045604894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2500541110456221482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2250054111045623337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13250054111045625317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-008352500541Proterozoic        27717Al Hajar Mine, Mintaqah 'Asir, Saudi ArabiaAl HajarMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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