Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 24235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aarja Mine
Bayda Mine
Lasail Mine
Lasail West Deposit

Latitude: 24°18'41"N
Longitude: 56°24'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.311388888889,56.416388888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Bornite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 As Au Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite

19 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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	3	95088,95089,95090	5516
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	100	100	2	95089,95090	154
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	1	95088	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	3	95088,95089,95090	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	100	100	2	95089,95090	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	1	95089	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	100	1	95088	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	3	95088,95089,95090	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	100	2	95089,95090	14640
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	100	100	2	95089,95090	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	2	95089,95090	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	100	100	3	95088,95089,95090	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100	100	2	95089,95090	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	3	95088,95089,95090	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100	100	2	95089,95090	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	2	95089,95090	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	3	95088,95089,95090	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	100	100	1	95088	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	100	100	2	95089,95090	4899

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00702	100	100	Cretaceous	S	9743	Aarja Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman	Aarja	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00703	100	100	Cretaceous	S	8588	Bayda Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman	Bayda	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00704	100	100	Cretaceous	S	14096	Lasail Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman	Lasail	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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