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Locality Name:
Al Batinah North, Oman

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 305890
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305890.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Al Batinah North, Oman": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hatta Mine (Hatta Deposit)
Shinas Mine
Sohar
Two Shoes Spring
Wādī Ath Thuqbah

Latitude: 24°25'4"N
Longitude: 56°23'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.417777777778,56.386111111111

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: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidote
GypsumMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Celadonite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1950923250
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4100100395088,95089,950905516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2195092462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)295085,9509227770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4100100295089,95090154
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2100100195088309
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S295085,950865707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2100100595085,95086,95088,95089,9509027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3100100295089,95090802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1001001950898173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10010019508824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu100100595085,95086,95088,95089,9509030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1950856890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3100100395085,95089,9509014640
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)100100295089,95090451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4100100395089,95090,9509314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2100100395088,95089,950905674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2100100295089,950905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219508517380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81950931512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100100595085,95086,95088,95089,9509039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8100100395089,95090,950939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100100495085,95086,95089,9509061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS100100595085,95086,95088,95089,9509021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131001001950881803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O100100295089,950904899



3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00702100100Cretaceous       S9743Aarja Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, OmanAarjaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00703100100Cretaceous       S8588Bayda Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, OmanBaydaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00704100100Cretaceous       S14096Lasail Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, OmanLasailMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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