Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bayda Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 8588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8588.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc, Oceanic Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bayda Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°21'0"N
Longitude: 56°24'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.35,56.4

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wurtzite

Bornite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 Au Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	5516
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	100	100	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	100	100	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	100	14640
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	100	100	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	100	100	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100	100	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100	100	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	100	100	4899

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
	vms-00703	100	100	Cretaceous										S	8588	Bayda Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman	Bayda	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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