Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Darfur, Sudan

mindat Locality ID: 38814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Darfur, Sudan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Al Sareif Beni Hussein
El-Atrun
Jebel Marra
Jebel Tawiga
Kutum

Latitude: 15°6'59"N
Longitude: 25°12'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.116388888889,25.203611111111

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Gold ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Trona ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	111047	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	111048	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	111048	9052
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	111047	195
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	111048	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	111048	27198
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	111047	310
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	111047	481
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	111048	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	111047	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	111044	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	111045	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	111047	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	111047	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	111048	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	111048	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	111045	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	111047	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	111048	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	111048	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	111046	2045
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	111045	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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