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Locality Name:
Bir Lemjed, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania


mindat Locality ID: 308380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bir Lemjed, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Catherine
Elbe Reiss
MGS No. BL3534
MGS No. BL3535
MGS No. BL5058
MGS No. BL6775
MGS No. BL6777
MGS No. BL6844
MGS No. BL7523
MGS No. BL7524
MGS No. BL7525
MGS No. BL7527
MGS No. BL7532
Oued El Foule Est A
Oued El Foule Est B
Oued El Foule Est C
Oued El Foule Est D
Oued El Foule Est E
Oued El Foule Est F
Oued El Foule Est G
Oued El Foule Est H
Oued El Foule Nord 1
Oued El Foule Nord 2

Latitude: 25°24'33"N
Longitude: 7°32'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.409166666667,-7.5372222222222
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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteStannite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41807575516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18076527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21807575171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218075727198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218076112537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1807642994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2480759,80760,80762,8076339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2280761,8076361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18075721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4180757668


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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