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Locality Name:
Northeastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 228180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northeastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dara-Um Swassi
Sarabit Al Khadin
Wadi Hawashiya

Latitude: 28°41'6"N
Longitude: 32°58'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.685,32.979444444444

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	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Zircon

Azurite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Curite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Thorianite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Nb O Pb Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	340	340	1	49348	5509
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	49347	1184
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	340	340	1	49348	3531
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O			1	49347	51
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	49347	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	49347	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	49347	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	49347	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	340	340	1	49348	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	49347,49349	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	49347	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	49347	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	49347,49349	61156
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	49347	236
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	49349	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	49347	5251

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
	sedcu-00405	340	340	L. Carboniferous										Cu	228179	Sarabit Al Khadin, Northeastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt	Sarabit Al Khadin	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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