Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Oua-n-Rechla, Ahaggar Mtn (Hoggar Mtn), Tamanghasset Province, Algeria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 560
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 67348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oua-n-Rechla, Ahaggar Mtn (Hoggar Mtn), Tamanghasset Province, Algeria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°26'3"N
Longitude: 5°11'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.434166666667,5.1933333333333

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.

Columbite	Mica	None	Quartz	Rutile

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 F Fe H K Li Mn O Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F Fe H K Li Mn O Si Sn W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Columbite Mica None Quartz Rutile

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Hübnerite ()*	Masutomilite ()*	Quartz ()*	Varlamoffite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	560	500	469
Masutomilite ()*	Mica	KLiAlMn²⁺(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂	560	500	12
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	560	500	61156
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	560	500	56

1 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
	Alexandra-0277	560	500	530 ± 30		Age of pegmatite									67348	Oua-n-Rechla, Ahaggar Mtn (Hoggar Mtn), Tamanghasset Province, Algeria	Ouan-Rechla	Vail (1989)	10.1016/S0899-5362(89)80006-5	JAES8_19

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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