Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jabal Sayid Mine (Jabal Sayid Cu-Zn Deposit), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 800

mindat Locality ID: 19975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19975.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jabal Sayid Mine (Jabal Sayid Cu-Zn Deposit), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°51'5"N
Longitude: 40°56'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.851388888889,40.939722222222

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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Volynskite ()*	Vulcanite ()*

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 As Au Bi Co Cu Fe O Pb S Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Co Cu Fe O Pb S Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	800	800	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	800	800	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	800	800	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	800	800	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	800	800	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	800	800	966
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	800	800	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	800	800	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	800	800	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	800	800	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	800	800	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	800	800	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	800	800	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	800	800	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	800	800	190
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	800	800	64
Vulcanite ()*	None	CuTe	800	800	11

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00844	800	800	Proterozoic										S	19975	Jabal Sayid Mine (Jabal Sayid Cu-Zn Deposit), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Jabal Sayid	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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