Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marsa Alam, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 205159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marsa Alam, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Abu Dabbab Ta-Sn Deposit
Atud Mine
Kurdeman Gold Prospect
Nuweibi Complex
Rod Umm El-Farag
Sukari Gold Mine
Um Gheig Lead-Zinc Mine
Wadi Thamil

Latitude: 25°13'56"N
Longitude: 33°57'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.232222222222,33.950555555556

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Tapiolite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

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 As Au Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Tapiolite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Wodginite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	49258,49261,49264	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			5	49257,49258,49260,49262,49264	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	23	2.6	1	49263	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	49258,49262	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	49258	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	49258,49262	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	49260	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	2.6	3	49258,49262,49263	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	49257,49260	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	23	2.6	1	49263	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	49258,49262	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	49258	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			3	49258,49261,49264	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	49258	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	49258	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	49257	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			2	49257,49260	289
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	49258	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	49258,49262	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	49257	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	2.6	3	49258,49262,49263	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	23	2.6	2	49258,49263	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	49258,49259,49262	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	49258,49262	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	49258	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	23	2.6	1	49263	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	23	2.6	1	49263	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	49258,49261	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂			2	49257,49260	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	49258	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	49258,49262	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	49258	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	49258	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	49257,49260	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			7	49257,49258,49259,49260,49261,49262,49264	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	49260	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	49258	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	49258,49259,49262	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	49258	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	49257,49258,49259,49260,49262	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	49258,49261	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	23	2.6	1	49263	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	49260	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	49258,49262	21482
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄			1	49260	53
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	49258	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			4	49258,49261,49262,49264	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			2	49257,49260	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	49257	88
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	49258	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	49257	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	49257,49260	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	49258,49261,49264	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	49257,49260	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	49258,49261,49264	2562
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈			1	49257	78
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	23	2.6	1	49263	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	49257,49260,49262	5251

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
	sedexmvt-00117	23	2.6	Neogene		host rock age									212906	Um Gheig Lead-Zinc Mine, Marsa Alam, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt	Umm Gheig	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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