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Locality Name:
Wejh, Mintaqah Tabuk, Saudi Arabia


mindat Locality ID: 28953
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28953.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wejh, Mintaqah Tabuk, Saudi Arabia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mahd Adh Dhahab Mine (Mahad Dahahab Mine; Cradle Of Gold Mine)
Umm Garayat Mine

Latitude: 23°29'59"N
Longitude: 40°51'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.499722222222,40.860555555556
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rickardite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11046442793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1104644489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11046442734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110464411547
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21104644361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110464427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11046444979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11046445707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110464427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11046443531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11046444165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11046448173
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe2110464440
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110464424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2104644,10464530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110464414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11046441689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1104644804
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611046441066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110464414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110464412537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11046444924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110464417380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21104644409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110464439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211046443106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110464461156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe2110464452
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11046446417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11046445186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11046442473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110464421482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41104644337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311046445317
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2110464464


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