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Locality Name:
Red Sea, Sudan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 38492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Sea, Sudan": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ariab
Dirbat Well
Jebel Ayub
Khor Eit
Marsa Oseif
Onur Mine
Red Sea Hills

Latitude: 20°6'33"N
Longitude: 36°11'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.109166666667,36.185555555556

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTopazVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211110663419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11110668803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4111057,111065,111070,1110729052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211110725509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2111057,11107311547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3160054111110681935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111107327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211110715171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216005415111057,111065,111068,111070,11107227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411110793902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S316005411111068802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611110594135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2111066,1110758173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211110719617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16005414111057,111068,111070,11107824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11110637437
Gold  (*)CopperAu9111055,111057,111058,111064,111065,111066,111069,111072,11107530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11110616890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111106314640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1111060469
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O416005411111068172
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411110575591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43111063,111072,11107514899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2111073,111077770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211110725674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2160054111110685800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23111057,111065,11107217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216005414111057,111065,111068,11107239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23111073,111076,1110773106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S816005412111057,1110689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28111057,111065,111066,111069,111072,111073,111074,11107561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS16005411111068712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11110771711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2111060,1110744894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11110721153
Silver  (*)CopperAg160054111110685186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16005414111057,111068,111070,11107221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311110575317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211110711476
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011110591395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311110591247



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-0021316001000Mesoproterozoic host rock age      38284Abu Samar, Derudeb District, Red Sea Hills, Red Sea, SudanAbu SamarTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-004161000541Neoproterozoic        38284Abu Samar, Derudeb District, Red Sea Hills, Red Sea, SudanAbu SamarSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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