Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Bel Guerdan, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 308366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bel Guerdan, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
A178
A204
A209
A210
A275
A277
Bou Dereg
El Mheissat
Gleibat El Hafeira
Iguelt
MGS No. BG7715
MGS No. BG7744
MGS No. BG7811
MGS No. BG7822
MGS No. BG7828
Unnamed Prospect At Aguelt Essfaya

Latitude: 25°21'38"N
Longitude: 10°25'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.360555555556,-10.426388888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Fritzscheite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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: Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Ni O S Si Sr U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Fritzscheite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chromite ()*	Francevillite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	80754	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	80749	1184
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	80749	1252
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	80754	3902
Francevillite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ba(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5H₂O	1	80749	43
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	80751	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	80746,80753	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	80751,80754	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	80741,80742,80743,80744,80745,80752,80753,80754	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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