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Locality Name:
El Hassan Ould Hamed, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania


mindat Locality ID: 308373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Hassan Ould Hamed, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
Bia-634
Bia-638
Bia-639 / 642 + 650
Bia-645
Bia-646
Bia-653
MGS No. BZ7537
MGS No. BZ7538
MGS No. BZ7539
MGS No. BZ7540
MGS No. BZ7541
MGS No. BZ7542
MGS No. BZ7543
MGS No. BZ7544
MGS No. BZ7545
MGS No. EH6851
MGS No. EH6854
MGS No. EH6863
MGS No. EH6869
MGS No. EH6870
MGS No. EH6872
MGS No. EH6875
MGS No. EH6876
MGS No. EH6880
MGS No. EH6882
MGS No. EH6893
MGS No. EH6904
MGS No. EH6907
MGS No. EH6912
MGS No. EH6915
MGS No. EH6918
MGS No. EH6920
MGS No. EH6921
MGS No. EH6924
MGS No. EH7265
MGS No. EH7270
MGS No. EH7408
MGS No. EH7413
MGS No. EH7418
MGS No. EH7423
MGS No. EH7426
MGS No. EH7432
MGS No. EH7487
MGS No. EH7489
MGS No. EH7497
MGS No. EH7502
MGS No. EH7505
MGS No. EH7506
MGS No. EH7511
MGS No. EH7515
MGS No. EH7518
MGS No. EH7565
Saabia

Latitude: 25°36'4"N
Longitude: 8°12'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.601111111111,-8.2097222222222
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachite
MicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1808489052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41808455516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18088627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2480842,80845,80846,8084727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O280844,808563531
Copper  (*)CopperCu280842,808473846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1808578173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS380843,80844,8084524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3380869,80870,8087914640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2780842,80843,80844,80845,80847,80857,8087912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218089317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22280843,80848,80850,80851,80853,80855,80856,80857,80858,80860,80865,80870,80871,80872,80875,80877,80881,80882,80885,80886,80887,8089039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21480842,80843,80845,80846,80850,80855,80857,80877,80878,80879,80883,80886,80887,8089461156


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