Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Red Sea, Egypt

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 194694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Sea, Egypt": 176
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 155

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Eastern Desert
Gebel El-Zeit
Northeastern Desert
Rocky Island
St John's Island (Zagbargad; Zabargad; Zebirget; Seberged; Topazios)

Latitude: 25°44'48"N
Longitude: 34°37'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.746666666667,34.6225
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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cs Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
AtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumCovellite
CubaniteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumIron
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickeline
NolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePhenakitePolybasitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSchoepiteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
StauroliteStibniteSulphurTalcTapioliteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTridymite
UllmanniteValleriiteWurtziteZippeiteZirconZirconolite

207 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aikinite  (*)
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Amblygonite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Becquerelite  (*)
Belyankinite  (*)Benleonardite  (*)Berryite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervelleite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chromium  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corrensite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Curite  (*)
Davyne  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Eucryptite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Geversite  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Herbertsmithite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Horomanite  (*)Huntite  (*)Huttonite  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Ianthinite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ishikawaite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Langite  (*)
Liandratite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Lueshite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Masuyite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Moluranite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pargasite  (*)Parkerite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Petalite  (*)Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pollucite  (*)
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutherfordine  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schoepite  (*)
Schröckingerite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sklodowskite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Soddyite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)
Sudburyite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)
Uranopolycrase  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wodginite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zincite  (*)Zippeite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zirconolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S25005411493032793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2949231,49232,49258,49261,49264,49287,49329,49330,493513419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61491801022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6149180286
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3149226315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3022451849176,49180,49207,49218,49229,49246,49257,49258,49260,49262,49264,49265,49268,49287,49293,49294,49317,493268803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)149205706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3249231,493292353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe349229,49272,49329489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6249199,49286966
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F149268244
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1491801627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21492092162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)232.61492632734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1491871588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2549192,49258,49262,49326,493393092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)225002.6149176356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1493291036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2349231,49232,49329718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41049193,49197,49200,49213,49225,49258,49333,49335,49336,49342708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1491873250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2149218295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS25005411849189,49191,49192,49199,49209,49221,49258,49262,49272,49278,49297,49301,49303,49317,49326,49327,49330,493399052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3149288544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6549180,49200,49222,49288,493172060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6149203919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O349288,49289,493411272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2250012549234,49276,49303,49329,493485509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)250054114930311547
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O30224514920792
Belyankinite  (*)NoneCa1-2(Ti,Zr,Nb)5O12·9H2O (?)1492686
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te4250054114930320
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1614922650
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18549246,49260,49265,49268,492874286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi249226,492441966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31493291935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42500541449191,49237,49303,493295516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61493291633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2149272361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25002.62449181,49187,49192,49198,49199,49200,49204,49207,49209,49258,49262,49263,49265,49272,49278,49288,49293,49294,49297,49303,49317,49326,49327,4933927770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O149180232
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1493471184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2749246,49257,49260,49265,49268,49286,492965171
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)314921847
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)232.6249263,492724979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS250054114930342
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O249203,49329925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S449234,49237,49272,493275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225002453349181,49189,49191,49192,49198,49199,49203,49204,49207,49209,49211,49222,49226,49229,49230,49234,49237,49244,49246,49258,49262,49265,49272,49297,49301,49303,49317,49320,49326,49327,49329,49330,4933927198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8149258577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41649191,49193,49197,49200,49209,49213,49221,49225,49258,49261,49264,49273,49333,49335,49336,493423902
Chromium  (*)IronCr14920026
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O34012549203,49222,49234,49276,493483531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41149193,49197,49200,49213,49218,49225,49258,49333,49335,49336,49342951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81249193,49197,49200,49213,49225,49231,49258,49327,49333,49335,49336,493421756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS449229,49244,49320,49326966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O302245349204,49207,49293566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6549205,49206,49218,49257,49286518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6349206,49257,49260289
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181493511008
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O14923249
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25005411049191,49192,49199,49234,49237,49258,49272,49303,49320,493274165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3349222,49229,49329802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2149329327
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O14934751
Davyne  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite[(Na,K)6(SO4)0.5Cl][Ca2Cl2][(Si6Al6O24)]14935117
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2500541349237,49303,493261027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O625005411049193,49197,49213,49222,49225,49303,49333,49335,49336,493424135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21249181,49187,49198,49200,49258,49262,49272,49278,49297,49326,49327,493299895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2249336,49342160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25002451049181,49205,49207,49229,49237,49287,49288,49303,49317,493268173
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO414926829
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6149347414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4149205196
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)225002.6086
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)214923127
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F349218,49326,493412740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21649176,49205,49206,49218,49224,49226,49246,49257,49265,49268,49286,49288,49293,49294,49341,493479617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)949193,49197,49213,49225,49333,49335,49336,49342,493511188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122500541149303663
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi214932962
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25002.62949181,49189,49192,49199,49203,49204,49207,49209,49211,49218,49226,49230,49237,49244,49246,49258,49262,49263,49268,49272,49293,49294,49297,49301,49303,49317,49326,49327,4934524243
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb214932938
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S814933940
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3022.61749181,49192,49198,49199,49204,49207,49224,49237,49258,49263,49272,49278,49297,49320,49326,49329,493397437
Gold  (*)CopperAu25005413049181,49189,49191,49192,49199,49209,49217,49222,49230,49234,49237,49241,49244,49258,49259,49262,49272,49278,49281,49288,49297,49301,49303,49317,49320,49326,49327,49329,49330,4933930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC302245849192,49207,49258,49262,49272,49288,49326,493272812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O302245249207,493516890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2149329205
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6149180741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33022452249181,49191,49198,49199,49204,49206,49207,49211,49218,49237,49258,49265,49272,49288,49293,49299,49317,49320,49326,49329,49339,4934714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O25002.6449203,49217,49263,493031689
Herbertsmithite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl214920321
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4149351407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2500541549189,49222,49229,49303,49329804
Horomanite  (*)NoneFe6Ni3S81493393
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)414920369
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)14921837
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O14923249
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6232.61492631066
Ianthinite  (*)NoneU4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4·9H2O30224514920731
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3949218,49221,49231,49258,49261,49272,49293,49326,493515433
Ishikawaite  (*)Columbite(U,Fe,Y)NbO414928624
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2349257,49260,49296148
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2302245149207102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)425002531049199,49204,49218,49258,49288,49293,49303,49317,49326,493475591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O302245749204,49207,49211,49286,49289,49299,49341198
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8149272111
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41492311507
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O149351593
Liandratite  (*)NoneU6+Nb2O8293253249204,4922621
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41049193,49197,49200,49213,49225,49333,49335,49336,49342,49351359
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)2O614926857
Lueshite  (*)PerovskiteNaNbO314926816
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)249222,49329451
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2349222,49229,49351238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)449192,49200,49222,493511487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425002452949181,49191,49193,49197,49198,49200,49204,49207,49209,49213,49218,49221,49222,49225,49258,49262,49270,49273,49286,49299,49303,49320,49326,49333,49335,49336,49339,49342,4935114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22500121249199,49222,49234,49237,49258,49265,49276,49303,49320,49329,49339,4934812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2649192,49209,49222,49258,49272,493265674
Masuyite  (*)NonePb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2O14929923
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4250054114930351
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2349222,49229,49329207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2349222,49229,49329155
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O149286388
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe349222,49229,49329114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)749206,49257,49260,49293,49317,49347,493494924
Moluranite  (*)NoneH4U4+(UO2)3(MoO4)7·18H2O3022451492076
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22500245849189,49207,49226,49229,49230,49246,49303,493295800
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)149268200
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)149203362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23022453549176,49180,49189,49191,49199,49206,49207,49209,49218,49226,49230,49231,49237,49257,49258,49259,49260,49261,49262,49264,49265,49268,49278,49286,49287,49289,49297,49301,49317,49326,49327,49330,49339,49341,4934717380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)314927267
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)149180884
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs149229633
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)302245549180,49207,49211,49260,493472349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS849191,49192,49209,49229,49301,49327,49330,49339767
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O302245249207,49293144
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2149351313
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S214932955
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8949191,49221,49222,49229,49258,49273,49329,49330,493391512
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O10149268124
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2149272409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2749206,49231,49232,49287,49336,49342,493512273
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O149268140
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6149226121
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F214929389
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225002453949181,49189,49191,49192,49198,49199,49203,49204,49207,49209,49211,49218,49221,49222,49226,49230,49237,49244,49258,49259,49262,49265,49268,49272,49273,49278,49281,49286,49288,49297,49301,49303,49317,49320,49326,49327,49329,49330,4933939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23022451492073106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825005412249181,49189,49192,49199,49203,49209,49221,49222,49229,49230,49237,49258,49272,49273,49278,49301,49303,49317,49326,49327,49329,493399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225002455349177,49180,49181,49189,49191,49192,49198,49199,49203,49204,49205,49206,49207,49209,49211,49221,49224,49226,49229,49230,49234,49237,49244,49246,49257,49258,49259,49260,49262,49265,49268,49272,49278,49281,49286,49287,49289,49293,49294,49297,49299,49301,49303,49317,49320,49326,49327,49329,49330,49339,49341,49347,4934961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)25005411493031711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2500541149303969
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2249218,49231375
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2149203454
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)29325314920458
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21549180,49203,49205,49209,49218,49226,49229,49258,49261,49287,49288,49317,49326,49327,493515614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8149206353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)302245249207,49270598
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6302245249204,4920794
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O302245249204,49207128
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)249297,493296417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2249176,4920592
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51492311516
Silver  (*)CopperAg2500541449226,49244,49303,493265186
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O30224514920756
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)232.6249217,492632473
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2302245349204,49207,4928644
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32500541349260,49293,493031214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25002452049181,49189,49192,49199,49203,49204,49207,49209,49226,49229,49230,49237,49258,49262,49272,49301,49303,49326,49327,4932921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41149193,49197,49200,49213,49222,49225,49333,49335,49336,49342,493511934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6149268688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)249326,49329978
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42500541149303586
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO414926053
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb14932946
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS249187,492582045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4249229,49272337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)225005412349191,49192,49193,49197,49200,49203,49213,49221,49225,49231,49232,49258,49261,49262,49264,49273,49287,49303,49320,49333,49335,49336,493423337
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6249257,49260211
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O614925788
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe149229190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3149272276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1325005411493031803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)2500541149303240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132500541549189,49192,49237,49258,493035317
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2249257,49347236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1149205,49206,49218,49224,49257,49260,49286,49289,49293,49294,493411006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O302245949180,49207,49218,49231,49258,49261,49264,49288,493174899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2549176,49206,49257,49260,492651476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)225005411149203,49231,49232,49258,49261,49264,49273,49303,49336,49342,493512562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe149229100
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2302245749204,49207,49211,49224,49286,49293,492992718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3022451149204,49207,49211,49218,49224,49286,49288,49293,49294,49299,49349890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O302245249204,4920794
Uranopolycrase  (*)ColumbiteUTi2O614922613
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]349222,49229,49329237
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O249231,49232652
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4349222,49229,49329380
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8249257,4929678
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43022.6349203,49207,492631655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)249224,49293939
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO14928898
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4302245349204,49207,49286175
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3022451949180,49204,49205,49206,49207,49218,49226,49231,49257,49260,49262,49270,49286,49289,49293,49294,49317,49341,493475251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7149218140
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3022451492071025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000793The Wadi Karim is a large area found in the eastern desert of Egypt, neighboring the Red Sea. The locality has a basement of Precambrian rocks with a great deal of volcanism and alteration.
Giersdorf_00000881The main rock units are (from older to younger) metasediments, metavolcanics, Hammamat sediments, granites, and post-tectonic volcanics. The post-tectonic volcanics are represented by trachyte, felsite, granite porphyry, quartz veins, and less comon basic rocks. The alkaline trachyte dikes and sills are the most predominant volcanic rocks. Uranium mineralization occurring at the El Atsha area is mainly associated with a trachyte sill that intruded into the foliated Hammamat sediments.


6 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
Giersdorf_00000881293253273±20 Age of the trachyte associated with Uranium mineralization of the area.     U305834El Atshan Mine, Central Eastern Desert, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, EgyptEl AtshanEl-Naby (2009)10.2465/jmps.080506JMPS104_37The age is described as being similar to what was found in Wadi Kariem, another locality approximately 10 km away.
Giersdorf_00000793302245302-245Rb-Sr     Chalcopyrite, Coffinite, Galena, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 303732Wadi Kariem, Central Eastern Desert, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, EgyptWadi KariemHussein et al. (1988)10.11456/shigenchishitsu1951.38.39MG38_39The age given is the Rb-Sr dating of the altered rock which contains Uranium and Hematitic minerals along joints and fractures. Pp. 41-42: 302 to 245 Ma, which corresponds to Carboniferous to Early Permian age (EL MANHARAWY, 1972). They are cutting quartz veins, felsite dikes related to the late-orogenic granites (at Wadi Kab El Abiad, Wadi Um Huyut and on the northern bank of Wadi Hammaria) and lamprophyre (at north G. Abu Hibban). Some bostonite dikes cut each other in Wadi Kab El Abiad and south G. Um Shaghir indicating that there might be more than one phase of bostonite activity.
sedexmvt-00117232.6Neogene host rock age      212906Um Gheig Lead-Zinc Mine, Marsa Alam, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, EgyptUmm GheigTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedcu-004061212Miocene       Cu228181Ras Banas, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, EgyptRas BanasCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
vms-004652500541Proterozoic        11332Samiuki Mine, Um Samiuki, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, EgyptUm SamiukiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
sedcu-00405340340L. Carboniferous       Cu228179Sarabit Al Khadin, Northeastern Desert, Red Sea, EgyptSarabit Al KhadinCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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