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Locality Name:
Mintaqah Ha'il, Saudi Arabia


mindat Locality ID: 145817
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145817.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mintaqah Ha'il, Saudi Arabia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
An Nuqrah
Silsilah Deposit
Zarghat (Tharghad; Thurghud)

Latitude: 26°44'39"N
Longitude: 41°32'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.744166666667,41.549722222222
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteFeldspar
FluoriteMarcasiteMicaNoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTopazZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hillebrandite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Topaz  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11046198803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11046199052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11046191966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311046191935
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211046195171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11046195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110461927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11046194165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211046209895
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1104619371
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1104619345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211046199617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110461924243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110461914640
Hillebrandite  (*)NoneCa2SiO3(OH)2110461817
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311046195433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11046201487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110461914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211046195674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110461917380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31104619733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311046191425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110461939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110461961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211046195614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81104619353
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11046196417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11046195186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110461921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311046195317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211046191476
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2110461956
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11046195251


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