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:
Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 8418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°0'59"N
Longitude: 43°42'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.016388888889,43.701111111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Sphalerite	Talc

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	541	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	541	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	541	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	3337

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00837	2500	541	Proterozoic	8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Al Masane (Al Hourah)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00838	2500	541	Proterozoic	8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Al Masane (Moyeath)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00839	2500	541	Proterozoic	8418	Al Masane Mine (Al Massane Mine), Mintaqah Najran, Saudi Arabia	Al Masane (Saadah)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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