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Locality Name:
Midyan, Mintaqah Tabuk, Saudi Arabia


mindat Locality ID: 207318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Midyan, Mintaqah Tabuk, Saudi Arabia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ghurayyah Ta Deposit
Jabal Tawlah

Latitude: 28°9'50"N
Longitude: 34°52'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.163888888889,34.871666666667
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 Ce Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmphiboleBaryteCalciteClayColumbiteCorundumCrichtoniteDiasporeFeldspar
FluoriteGagariniteMicaNonePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gagarinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Senaite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Waimirite-(Y)  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611046401022
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)61104640141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2104640,1046418803
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21104640295
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110464111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110464127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211046405171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61104641518
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61104641414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO41104641196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22104640,1046419617
Gagarinite-(Y)  (*)GagariniteNaCaYF611046418
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110464024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11046417437
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311046415433
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2104640,1046414924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110464117380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211046412273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22104640,10464161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22104640,1046415614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O82104640,104641353
Senaite  (*)CrichtonitePb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38110464028
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110464021482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2104640,1046411006
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211046402718
Waimirite-(Y)  (*)NoneYF311046412
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2104640,104641939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2104640,1046415251


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