Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wadi Allaqi District, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 207559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wadi Allaqi District, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Betam Mine
Feilat
Hariari
Marahiq
Seiga (Seigaa)
Shashoba
Um Ashira
Um El Tuyor Mine (Umm Tuyur)
Um Garayat Mine (Umm Garaiart)
Wadi Haimur
Wadi Murra
Wadi Nagiub

Latitude: 22°34'45"N
Longitude: 33°46'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.579166666667,33.779166666667

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Talc
Titanite	Ullmannite	Valleriite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Talc
Titanite Ullmannite Valleriite Wurtzite Zircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Geversite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	2	49329,49330	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	49317,49326	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	49329	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	49329	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	49326	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	49329	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49329	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	49317,49326,49327,49330	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	49317	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	49329	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	49329	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	49329	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	49329	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	49317,49326,49327	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	49329	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	49327	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	49317,49320,49326,49327,49329,49330	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	49327	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2	49320,49326	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	49320,49327	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	49329	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49329	327
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	49326	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	49326,49327,49329	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	49317,49326	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	49326	2740
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	49329	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	49317,49326,49327	24243
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	1	49329	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	49320,49326,49329	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	49317,49320,49326,49327,49329,49330	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	49326,49327	2812
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	49329	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	49317,49320,49326,49329	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	49329	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49326	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	49317,49326	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	49329	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	49320,49326	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	49320,49329	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	49326	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	49329	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	49329	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	49329	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	49317	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	49329	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	49317,49326,49327,49330	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	49327,49330	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1	49329	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	49329,49330	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	49317,49320,49326,49327,49329,49330	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	49317,49326,49327,49329	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	49317,49320,49326,49327,49329,49330	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	49317,49326,49327	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	49329	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	49326	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	49326,49327,49329	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	49326,49329	978
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1	49329	46
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49320	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	49317	4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	49329	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	49329	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	49317	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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