Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf), Kef, Tunisia

mindat Locality ID: 277079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf), Kef, Tunisia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sidi Youssef Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tunisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	116223	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	116223	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	116223	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116223	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	116223	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	116223	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	116223	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	116223	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	116223	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	116223	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	116223	1398
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	116223	5674
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	116223	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	116223	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	116223	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116223	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	116223	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	116223	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	116223	21482
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	116223	275
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	116223	5317
Tunisite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₄(CO₃)₄(OH)₈Cl	1	116223	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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