Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Atar, Adrar Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 227961
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227961.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atar, Adrar Region, Mauritania": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Anomalie H
El Foulet
El Gleitat
El Heirich
Es Saauda
Guelb El Azib
Guelb El Bebech
Guelb Ould Hassa
Guellâbet El Agueila
Iguilid
Ioulgend
Kilometre 61
Menira
Mennerat Iguilid
New SNIM Prospect
New SNIM Quarry
Taradent
Timzac
Touijinjert

Latitude: 20°39'33"N
Longitude: 13°21'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.659166666667,-13.351388888889

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	Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
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 Ba Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg O S Si Sr W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

16 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	80380	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	80373,80377,80395,80397	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	80384,80388,80389	4286
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	80369,80382	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	80396	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	80377	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	80374	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	80371,80374,80375,80376,80380	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	80371,80375,80376,80388	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	80377,80379,80380,80385,80390	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	80374,80379,80381,80392	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	80392	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	80396	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	80397	589
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2	80369,80382	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	80388	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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