Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sidi Youssef Mine, Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf), Kef, Tunisia

mindat Locality ID: 23293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sidi Youssef Mine, Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf), Kef, Tunisia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tunisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tunisite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₄(CO₃)₄(OH)₈Cl	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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