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Locality Name:
Qift Area (Kift Area; Coptos Area), Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt


mindat Locality ID: 241906
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241906.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qift Area (Kift Area; Coptos Area), Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El Sid Mine
Fawakhir Mine

Latitude: 26°8'7"N
Longitude: 33°36'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.135277777778,33.613888888889
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: Ag As Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
MarcasiteMeloniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
TalcTetradymite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe149272489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1492729052
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2149272361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14927227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1492724979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1492725707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214927227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41492733902
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1492724165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21492729895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14927224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1492727437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14927230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1492722812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314927214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31492725433
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8149272111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414927314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21492725674
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)314927267
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81492731512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2149272409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2249272,4927339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8249272,492739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214927261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14927221482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4149272337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21492733337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3149272276
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21492732562


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