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Locality Name:
Tunisia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 7230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tunisia": 165
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 98

Number of Child Localities: 56
Child Localities:
Ain Alega Sakiet
Al-Djedidi
Al-Gibli
Ariana
Béja
Ben Arous
Bizerte
Bon Jabour Mine
Bou Kehil
Chott El Djerid
Djebba
Djebel Bezina
Djebel Diss
Djebel Hallouf
Djebel Kobbouch
Djebel Lazered Mine
Djebel Mezzouna
Djebel Tabouna
Djebel Touila
Djebel Trozza
El Aguiba Deposit
El Akhouat
Fedj-el-Adoum
Fej Lahdoum Mine
Gabès
Gafsa
Hammala
Jendouba
Kairouan
Kasserine
Kebili
Kef
Kef Eddour (Kef Ed Dour)
Koudiat Louatia
Koudiat Sidii
Loridga
Mahdia
Manouba
Medenine
Monastir
Nabeul
Nefza Mining District
Oued Kohol
Oum El-Kecheb Mine
Permis Bauche Mine
Redeyef (Redayef; Redeief)
Ressas Touireuf
Sfax
Sidi Bou Aouane
Sidi Bouzid
Siliana
Sousse
Tataouine
Tozeur
Tunis
Zaghouan

Latitude: 36°1'25"N
Longitude: 9°22'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.023611111111,9.3675

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brucite	Calcite	Carnallite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Descloizite	Diaspore
Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Iron	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Lepidocrocite
Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Phenakite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brucite Calcite Carnallite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Descloizite Diaspore
Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Hexahydrite Iron Kaolinite Kieserite Lepidocrocite
Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Phenakite Pyrite
Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite Zircon

101 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barstowite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cesàrolite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Corkite ()*
Cotunnite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gustavite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Iron ()*
Jordanite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Matildite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Penfieldite ()*
Pentahydrite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*
Pirssonite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rozenite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*
Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sweetite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Troilite ()*	Trona ()*	Tunisite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zincite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	116282	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			4	116161,116174,116232,116272	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	145	66	6	116152,116200,116218,116223,116229,116232	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	66	6	116218,116227,116230,116255,116272,116299	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	116303	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	116204,116207	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	116207,116294,116299	5509
Barstowite ()*	None	Pb₄(CO₃)Cl₆·H₂O			1	116241	11
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	252	66	20	116140,116150,116161,116185,116189,116218,116223,116227,116230,116232,116254,116255,116272,116286,116294,116296,116297,116299,116300,116303	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O			2	116275,116278	82
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	116207	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	116207	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	116223	1089
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)			1	116275	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	252	66	23	116140,116150,116161,116174,116185,116189,116204,116207,116218,116223,116225,116229,116232,116255,116272,116277,116279,116280,116294,116298,116299,116300,116303	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O			1	116275	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			17	116140,116150,116161,116170,116176,116178,116185,116223,116232,116255,116261,116280,116294,116297,116299,116300,116303	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	252	66	10	116150,116161,116174,116189,116232,116241,116264,116272,116290,116296	4979
Cesàrolite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺₃O₆(OH)₂			1	116232	27
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			2	116256,116272	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	116160,116223,116254,116294,116296,116300	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂			1	116207	162
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	116277	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	116286,116298	2600
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	116272	151
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			1	116241	54
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	116254	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	116277	453
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	23	2.6	1	116169	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	10	116140,116150,116161,116185,116218,116223,116229,116272,116296,116299	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	116204	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	116207	163
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	116272,116299	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	252	66	20	116142,116144,116189,116218,116227,116230,116254,116255,116272,116280,116284,116286,116294,116296,116297,116298,116299,116300,116302,116303	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	116223	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24	116140,116150,116161,116174,116185,116218,116223,116225,116227,116229,116230,116231,116232,116241,116255,116272,116286,116290,116294,116296,116297,116299,116300,116303	24243
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O			1	116275	57
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂			1	116275	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	116254,116256,116272	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	116272	173
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	252	66	1	116189	717
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆			1	116160	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	15	116150,116194,116195,116196,116200,116202,116212,116214,116218,116223,116229,116232,116261,116299,116303	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			5	116152,116167,116212,116223,116232	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			6	116227,116229,116254,116256,116272,116290	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	252	66	4	116189,116272,116290,116303	1689
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	116275	251
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	116241	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	252	66	3	116189,116272,116290	1066
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	116277	1089
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃			2	116161,116174	105
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O			1	116275	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	5	116150,116174,116218,116229,116256	5591
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			1	116241	49
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	116290	265
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	145	66	2	116218,116229	581
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	116204	198
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			5	116192,116229,116232,116282,116290	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	116207,116294,116299	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	100	66	9	116140,116150,116174,116185,116204,116207,116223,116225,116255	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	116160	252
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	116275	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	116174,116272,116282	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)			2	116229,116275	78
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)			1	116241	22
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	116275	32
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	116277	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	116282	2273
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			3	116232,116239,116241	142
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl			1	116272	71
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O			1	116275	19
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			3	116223,116229,116232	170
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O			1	116275	102
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂			1	116272	51
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	19	116140,116150,116160,116161,116174,116185,116204,116207,116218,116223,116225,116255,116272,116290,116294,116297,116299,116300,116303	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	116272	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	116223,116232	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	18	116140,116152,116185,116218,116223,116229,116232,116255,116256,116261,116272,116280,116290,116294,116298,116299,116300,116303	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	116294	454
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	116275	293
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	10	116204,116207,116218,116223,116227,116230,116231,116255,116272,116299	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	116223	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	252	66	8	116161,116174,116189,116272,116294,116296,116302,116303	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	252	66	25	116140,116150,116161,116174,116185,116189,116218,116223,116225,116227,116229,116230,116231,116232,116255,116272,116284,116286,116290,116294,116296,116297,116299,116300,116303	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	116275	79
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	116232	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	252	66	2	116189,116200	2045
Sweetite ()*	None	Zn(OH)₂			1	116272	4
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			2	116223,116294	275
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O			1	116275	139
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			3	116174,116204,116300	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	4	116207,116218,116223,116300	5317
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	116277	1044
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O			1	116275	129
Tunisite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₄(CO₃)₄(OH)₈Cl			1	116223	5
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	116254	2718
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	23	2.6	1	116168	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	116272	303
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	116207	297
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	116272	98
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	116254	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00216	23	2.6	Neogene	host rock age	27770	Djebba Mine, Djebba, Tunisia	Djebba	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00217	252	66	Triassic-Cretaceous	host rock age	27831	Fedj El Adoum Mine, Fedj-el-Adoum, Tunisia	Fedj-el Adoum	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00215	145	66	Cretaceous	host rock age	146017	Bou Jaber Mine, Bou Jaber (Bou Jabeur), Kalaat Es Senan, Kef, Tunisia	Bou Jabeur	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00214	100	66	Late Cretaceous	host rock age	144168	Bou Grine Mine (Bougrine Mine), Sers, Kef, Tunisia	Bou Grine	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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