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Locality Name:
Jabal Zalm Area, Mintaqah Al Qasim, Saudi Arabia


mindat Locality ID: 301580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jabal Zalm Area, Mintaqah Al Qasim, Saudi Arabia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Metabasite Dykes
Zalm Mine

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

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 Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDigeniteNoneRocksaltRutileTitanite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Galena  (*)Geerite  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4110459288
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1104592925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11045925707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110459227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11045923531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S5110459238
Gold  (*)CopperAu110459330554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311045925433
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4110459251
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211045925614
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1104592332
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11045924899



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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