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Locality Name:
Tin Bessais, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania


mindat Locality ID: 308451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tin Bessais, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
El Mreiti SW
El Mreiti W
MGS No. TB2516
MGS No. TB5026
MGS No. TB5031
MGS No. TB5033
MGS No. TB5034
MGS No. TB5035
MGS No. TB5053
MGS No. TB5054
MGS No. TB6532
MGS No. TB6533
MGS No. TB6534
MGS No. TB6536
MGS No. TB6547
MGS No. TB6556
MGS No. TB6611
MGS No. TB6620
MGS No. TB6621
MGS No. TB6633
MGS No. TB6641
MGS No. TB6642
MGS No. TB6643
MGS No. TB6671
MGS No. TB7607
MGS No. TB7611
MGS No. TB7613
MGS No. TB7619
MGS No. TB7621
MGS No. TB7623
MGS No. TB7626
MGS No. TB7627
MGS No. TB7628
MGS No. TB7634
MGS No. TB7635
MGS No. TB7639
MGS No. TB7643
MGS No. TB7645
MGS No. TB7647
MGS No. TB7648
MGS No. TB7649
MGS No. TB7651
MGS No. TB7653
MGS No. TB7657
MGS No. TB7658
MGS No. TB7666
MGS No. TB7667
MGS No. TB7670
MGS No. TB7674
MGS No. TBR271
MGS No. TBS380
Mn-01
Mn-02

Latitude: 23°32'45"N
Longitude: 8°33'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.545833333333,-8.5652777777778
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartz
Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S581220,81223,81224,81225,812265707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2581220,81223,81224,81225,8122627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1812194165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2581228,81229,81232,81260,812659895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)381242,81250,812518173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3381230,81253,8126114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4481250,81252,81261,8126214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2881219,81220,81221,81222,81223,81224,81225,8122612537
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2181218313
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22381219,81231,81236,81237,81238,81239,81240,81241,81242,81244,81245,81246,81247,81248,81249,81250,81252,81255,81260,81261,81262,81263,8126439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22381219,81220,81221,81222,81223,81224,81225,81226,81227,81228,81234,81236,81237,81240,81241,81242,81251,81252,81253,81254,81263,81264,8126561156


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