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Locality Name:
Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 241259
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241259.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°6'59"N
Longitude: 44°8'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.116388888889,44.134444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe Mn Mo Ni O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe Mn Mo Ni O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCubaniteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRocksaltWurtzite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS7026300312
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2702630027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S37026300802
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)7026300451
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS270263005800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S870263001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2702630039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S870263009056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)70263006417


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-008372500541Proterozoic     Yes  8418Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi ArabiaAl Masane (Al Hourah)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-008382500541Proterozoic     Yes  8418Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi ArabiaAl Masane (Moyeath)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-008392500541Proterozoic     Yes  8418Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi ArabiaAl Masane (Saadah)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
JGSL141_1043_0001a702686694 ± 8U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  241259Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi ArabiaHalaban-Al Amar regionStacey (1984) JGSL141_1043 
JGSL141_1043_0002a640630635 ± 5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  241259Wadi Qatan, Mintaqah Najran, Saudi ArabiaHalaban-Al Amar regionStacey (1984) JGSL141_1043 

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