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Locality Name:
Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

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

mindat Locality ID: 17151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nugrah North
Nugrah South

Latitude: 25°37'0"N
Longitude: 41°26'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.616666666667,41.441388888889
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: As Au C Co Cu Fe Mo Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Co Cu Fe Mo Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS250054109052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22500541027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2500541024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2500541030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC250054102812
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S425005410249
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2250054105800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22500541039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8250054109056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2500541021482


4 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
JGSL141_1043_0001702686694 ± 8U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  17151Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi ArabiaNuqrah mineStacey (1984) JGSL141_1043 
JGSL141_1043_0002640630635 ± 5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  17151Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi ArabiaNuqrah mineStacey (1984) JGSL141_1043 
vms-008492500541Proterozoic        244361Nugrah North, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi ArabiaNuqrah NorthMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-008502500541Proterozoic        244362Nugrah South, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi ArabiaNuqrah SouthMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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