Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
South Darfur, Sudan

mindat Locality ID: 225426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Darfur, Sudan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hofrat En-Nahas Area
Meidob Hills

Latitude: 12°26'25"N
Longitude: 25°14'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.440277777778,25.235555555556

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Dolomite ()*	Eitelite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Nahcolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	111085	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	111085	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	111085	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	111085	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	111085	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	111087	9895
Eitelite ()*	None	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂	1	111087	20
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	111085	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	111086	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	111085	12537
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	1	111087	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	111085	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	111085	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	111085	61156
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	111085	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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