Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kid, South Sinai, Egypt

Oldest recorded age at locality: 685
Youngest recorded age at locality: 635

mindat Locality ID: 204717
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204717.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kid, South Sinai, Egypt": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Samra I Deposit
Samra II Deposit
Samra III Deposit
Samra IV Deposit
Shalal Deposit
Um Zeriq I Deposit
Um Zeriq II Deposit
Um Zeriq III Deposit

Latitude: 28°19'9"N
Longitude: 34°15'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.319166666667,34.255277777778

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Garnet	Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hessite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zoubekite ()*

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Garnet Löllingite Nickeline None Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Staurolite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	685	635	2	49361,49362	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	843
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	685	635	2	49361,49362	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	685	635	2	49361,49362	966
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	685	635	2	49361,49362	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	685	635	2	49361,49362	741
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	685	635	2	49361,49362	804
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	762
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	300
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	685	635	2	49361,49362	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	685	635	8	49357,49358,49359,49360,49361,49362,49363,49364	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	978
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	685	635	2	49361,49362	1247
Zoubekite ()*	None	AgPb₄Sb₄S₁₀	685	635	6	49357,49358,49359,49360,49363,49364	10

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
	DeepDive-Co-0045	685	635	660	Pb										204720	Um Zeriq II Deposit, Kid, South Sinai, Egypt	Um Zeriq II	Helmy et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.11.015	JAES90_77

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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