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Locality Name:
Um Gheig Lead-Zinc Mine, Marsa Alam, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

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

mindat Locality ID: 212906
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212906.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Um Gheig Lead-Zinc Mine, Marsa Alam, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°43'0"N
Longitude: 34°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.716666666667,34.466666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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: C Ca Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Scheelite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	23	2.6	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	2.6	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	23	2.6	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	2.6	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	23	2.6	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	23	2.6	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	23	2.6	1066
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	23	2.6	2473
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	23	2.6	1655

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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