Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kef, Tunisia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 30304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kef, Tunisia": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Kalaat Es Senan
Nebeur
Ouled Moussa
Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf)
Sers
Tajerouine

Latitude: 36°0'0"N
Longitude: 8°31'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36,8.5330555555556

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cesàrolite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Strontianite ()*	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 F Fe H K Mg Mn 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 Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite
Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	116232	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	145	66	4	116218,116223,116229,116232	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	66	3	116218,116227,116230	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	66	5	116218,116223,116227,116230,116232	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	116223	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	5	116218,116223,116225,116229,116232	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			2	116223,116232	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	116232	4979
Cesàrolite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺₃O₆(OH)₂			1	116232	27
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	116223	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	3	116218,116223,116229	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	66	3	116218,116227,116230	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	116223	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	8	116218,116223,116225,116227,116229,116230,116231,116232	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	4	116218,116223,116229,116232	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			2	116223,116232	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	116227,116229	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	2	116218,116229	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	145	66	2	116218,116229	581
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	116229,116232	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	100	66	2	116223,116225	5674
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)			1	116229	78
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			1	116232	142
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			3	116223,116229,116232	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	3	116218,116223,116225	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	116223,116232	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	4	116218,116223,116229,116232	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	5	116218,116223,116227,116230,116231	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	116223	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	8	116218,116223,116225,116227,116229,116230,116231,116232	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	116232	589
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	116223	275
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	2	116218,116223	5317
Tunisite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₄(CO₃)₄(OH)₈Cl			1	116223	5

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00215	145	66	Cretaceous		host rock age									146017	Bou Jaber Mine, Bou Jaber (Bou Jabeur), Kalaat Es Senan, Kef, Tunisia	Bou Jabeur	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedexmvt-00214	100	66	Late Cretaceous		host rock age									144168	Bou Grine Mine (Bougrine Mine), Sers, Kef, Tunisia	Bou Grine	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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