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Locality Name:
Ariab, Red Sea, Sudan


mindat Locality ID: 263262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ariab, Red Sea, Sudan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hadal Awatib Mine (Hadal Awatib East Deposit)
Hamim Deposit
Hassaï Mine (Hassai Mine; Ariab Mine)
Kamoeb Deposit

Latitude: 18°35'59"N
Longitude: 35°23'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.599722222222,35.391388888889
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: Al As Au Ba Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteMicaNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11110579052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111105711547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111105727198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111105724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3111055,111057,11105830554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411110575591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111105717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111105739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811110579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111105761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111105721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311110575317


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