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Locality Name:
Akjoujt Mine (Guelb Moghrein Mine), Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2501
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2483

mindat Locality ID: 9786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Akjoujt Mine (Guelb Moghrein Mine), Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°45'0"N
Longitude: 14°23'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.75,-14.383333333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite
Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Quartz	Spinel	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinosafflorite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si U Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite
Malachite Nickeline None Pentlandite Quartz Spinel Wurtzite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2501	2483	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2501	2483	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2501	2483	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2501	2483	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2501	2483	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2501	2483	27198
Clinosafflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	2501	2483	21
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2501	2483	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2501	2483	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2501	2483	327
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2501	2483	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2501	2483	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2501	2483	223
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2501	2483	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2501	2483	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2501	2483	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	2501	2483	88
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2501	2483	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2501	2483	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2501	2483	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2501	2483	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2501	2483	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2501	2483	2473
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2501	2483	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2501	2483	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2501	2483	939

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
GSLSP297_53_main_stage_age	IOCG + Co BIF deposit

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
	GSLSP297_53_main_stage_age	2501	2483	2492±9		main stage of the hydrothermal IOCG mineralization									9786	Akjoujt Mine (Guelb Moghrein Mine), Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania	Guelb Moghrein deposit	Kolb et al. (2008)	10.1144/SP297.4	GSLSP297_53	main stage of the hydrothermal IOCG mineralization

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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