Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Abu-Tartour Mine (Abu-Tartur Mine), New Valley, Egypt

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 9748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abu-Tartour Mine (Abu-Tartur Mine), New Valley, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°22'41"N
Longitude: 30°5'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.378055555556,30.085277777778

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.

Apatite	Clay	Gypsum	None	Smectite-vermiculite	Wavellite

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 C Ca F H Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F H Mg Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Clay Gypsum None Smectite-vermiculite Wavellite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	66	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	100	66	2740
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	100	66	6890
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	100	66	367
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	100	66	1508
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	100	66	374

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
	ree-00345	100	66	Late Cretaceous											9748	Abu-Tartour Mine (Abu-Tartur Mine), New Valley, Egypt	Abu Tartar	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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