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Locality Name:
North Kordofan, Sudan


mindat Locality ID: 243891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Kordofan, Sudan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Al Hagagia Au Deposit
Nuba Mtns.

Latitude: 12°55'13"N
Longitude: 31°13'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.920277777778,31.216666666667
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 Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTurquoise
Wavellite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11110508803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11110509052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411110505516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11110505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111105027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11110504165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61111052310
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11110508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111105024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11110527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu111105030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11110522812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42111050,1110525591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111105012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111105017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111105039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811110509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22111050,11105261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11110505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111105021482
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1111052484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1111052301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1111052374
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6111105262


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