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Locality Name:
Tourassin, F'dérik, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania


mindat Locality ID: 308389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tourassin, F'dérik, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Bouderga
Dhbeat
MGS No. TOU8006
MGS No. TOU8010
MGS No. TOU8061
MGS No. TOU8086
MGS No. TOU8097
MGS No. TOU8102
MGS No. TOU8103
MGS No. TOU8122
MGS No. TOU8129
MGS No. TOU8135
MGS No. TOU8139
MGS No. TOU8143
MGS No. TOU8152
MGS No. TOU8170
MGS No. TOU8176
MGS No. TOU8179
MGS No. TOU8192
MGS No. TOU8196
MGS No. TOU8197
MGS No. TOU8198
Sfariat 1
Sfariat 2

Latitude: 24°36'43"N
Longitude: 11°37'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.611944444444,-11.630555555556
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCorundumGypsumMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzSpinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218104027198
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1810416890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318106114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4881039,81043,81045,81046,81048,81049,81052,8106114899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2281046,810472273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21181040,81041,81042,81043,81044,81045,81046,81047,81048,81049,8105439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8281041,810429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2281054,8106161156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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