Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 ()*

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:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum
Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	111066	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	111066	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			4	111057,111065,111070,111072	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	111072	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	111057,111073	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1600	541	1	111068	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	111073	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	111071	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	541	5	111057,111065,111068,111070,111072	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	111079	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1600	541	1	111068	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	111059	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	111066,111075	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	111071	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	541	4	111057,111068,111070,111078	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	111063	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			9	111055,111057,111058,111064,111065,111066,111069,111072,111075	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	111061	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	111063	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	111060	469
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1600	541	1	111068	172
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	111057	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	111063,111072,111075	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			2	111073,111077	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	111072	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1600	541	1	111068	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	111057,111065,111072	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	541	4	111057,111065,111068,111072	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			3	111073,111076,111077	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1600	541	2	111057,111068	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			8	111057,111065,111066,111069,111072,111073,111074,111075	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1600	541	1	111068	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	111077	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	111060,111074	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	111072	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1600	541	1	111068	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	541	4	111057,111068,111070,111072	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	111057	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	111071	1476
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	111059	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	111059	1247

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00213	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic		host rock age									38284	Abu Samar, Derudeb District, Red Sea Hills, Red Sea, Sudan	Abu Samar	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00416	1000	541	Neoproterozoic											38284	Abu Samar, Derudeb District, Red Sea Hills, Red Sea, Sudan	Abu Samar	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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