Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chami, Inchiri Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 308508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chami, Inchiri Region, Mauritania": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Acacia
Aoueouat
Archeouat
C23
C5-1
C6-12
C6-14
C6-15
C6-7 Fennec
C6-8 E
C6-8 W
C6-9S
Eucalyptus
Fosse Sud (mine Tasiast)
Guelb Nich Sud
Inkebden
Jarrah
Jemelein
Khnefissat Pegmatite
Knefissat
Knefissat Nord
Lebzenia West
N'Derek
Rusty
Tasiast South Project
Tijirit

Latitude: 20°31'30"N
Longitude: 15°27'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.525,-15.464166666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel

Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Diaphorite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Be C Cu Fe H K Li Mg O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Malachite Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	80660,80663	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	80673,80674,80677	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	80660,80663	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	80679	951
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	80679	126
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	80660,80672	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	80660	2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	80660	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	80661	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	80674,80677	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	80660,80663,80667,80668,80669	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	80663,80667,80669	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	80660,80662,80665,80666,80670,80674,80677,80679	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	3	80673,80674,80677	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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