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Locality Name:
Tajerouine, Kef, Tunisia


mindat Locality ID: 203338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tajerouine, Kef, Tunisia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Djerissa Mine (Jerissa Mine)
Garn Alfaya (Jebel Garn Halfaya; Djebel Garn Halfaya; Djebel Gueurn Halfaya; Jabal Qarn 'alfåyah; Djebel Gulurn Halfaya)
Hameima Mine
Slata Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 36°0'0"N
Longitude: 8°31'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36,8.5330555555556
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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrocite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11162322734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2116229,1162321588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22116227,1162303092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3116227,116230,11623211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2116229,11623227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11162321252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11162324979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)2111623227
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211162299895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22116227,1162309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5116227,116229,116230,116231,11623224243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2116229,1162326890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11162321398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32116227,11622914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411162295591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1116229581
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2116229,1162321487
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)111622978
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl21116232142
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62116229,116232170
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811162329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22116229,11623261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3116227,116230,1162316417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5116227,116229,116230,116231,11623221482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1116232589


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