Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Oued El Hamra, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 304506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oued El Hamra, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania": 73
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 73
Child Localities:
Bia-599
Bia-600
BIA-601
Bia-603
Bia-604 & 605
Bia-606
Bia-607 / 609
Bia-610
BIA-611
Bia-612
Bia-613
Bia-616
Bia-617
Bia-618
Bia-619
Bia-620
Bia-621
Bia-622
Bia-625
Bia-626
Bia-629
Bia-630
Bia-631
Bia-633
Bia-635
Bia-636
Bia-637
Bia-644
Bia-648 + 649
Bia-652
Bou Ameina
Conchita Florence
Hendrix (Conchita-Florence)
MGS No. HM7272
MGS No. HM7285
MGS No. HM7293
MGS No. HM7295
MGS No. HM7296
MGS No. HM7298
MGS No. HM7310
MGS No. HM7311
MGS No. HM7324
MGS No. HM7331
MGS No. HM7337
MGS No. HM7339
MGS No. HM7342
MGS No. HM7343
MGS No. HM7344
MGS No. HM7350
MGS No. HM7354
MGS No. HM7355
MGS No. HM7359
MGS No. HM7360
MGS No. HM7363
MGS No. HM7377
MGS No. HM7382
MGS No. HM7392
MGS No. HM7394
MGS No. HM7395
MGS No. HM7396
MGS No. HM7549
MGS No. HM7550
MGS No. HM7552
MGS No. HM7553
MGS No. HM7554
MGS No. HM7555
MGS No. HM7556
MGS No. HM7557
MGS No. HM7559
MGS No. HM7560
Nsour (Conchita-Florence)
Oued El Hamra
Unnamed Prospect (Hendrix?)

Latitude: 26°17'22"N
Longitude: 8°29'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.289444444444,-8.4958333333333

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	81098	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	81126,81132,81134	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	81126,81169	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	81119,81126,81148	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	81114,81118,81124,81126,81143	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	81146,81148	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	9	81097,81098,81100,81104,81111,81113,81114,81116,81120	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	81098,81111	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	18	81097,81098,81100,81104,81106,81111,81112,81113,81114,81115,81116,81118,81119,81120,81123,81124,81126,81128	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	6	81100,81104,81111,81118,81119,81162	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	10	81100,81104,81106,81108,81109,81111,81116,81118,81119,81120	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	81098,81104,81114,81115,81116	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	81098	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	81134,81138	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26	81097,81098,81100,81102,81103,81104,81106,81107,81108,81110,81111,81112,81113,81114,81115,81116,81117,81120,81121,81122,81123,81124,81125,81128,81143,81152	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	81111,81156	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	81128,81129	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	81127	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	81144,81155,81163,81165	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20	81097,81098,81100,81104,81107,81109,81111,81116,81117,81120,81121,81122,81123,81124,81125,81130,81142,81143,81162,81165	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	18	81097,81098,81100,81104,81107,81111,81112,81116,81120,81126,81128,81130,81156,81158,81160,81161,81162,81163	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	58	81097,81098,81100,81101,81102,81103,81104,81107,81108,81109,81110,81111,81113,81114,81115,81117,81119,81120,81121,81122,81123,81124,81125,81126,81128,81129,81131,81132,81133,81134,81135,81136,81137,81138,81139,81140,81141,81142,81144,81145,81147,81148,81149,81150,81151,81152,81153,81154,81155,81157,81158,81159,81160,81161,81162,81163,81164,81169	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	81126	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	16	81097,81098,81100,81102,81103,81104,81106,81110,81111,81112,81113,81116,81121,81123,81125,81126	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	81098	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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