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Locality Name:
Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

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

mindat Locality ID: 17151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nugrah North
Nugrah South

Latitude: 25°37'0"N
Longitude: 41°26'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.616666666667,41.441388888889

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	Copper	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: As Au C Co Cu Fe Mo Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Co Cu Fe Mo Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2500	541	2812
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2500	541	249
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	541	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
JGSL141_1043_0001	702	686	694 ± 8	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon	17151	Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Nuqrah mine	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
JGSL141_1043_0002	640	630	635 ± 5	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon	17151	Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Nuqrah mine	Stacey (1984)	JGSL141_1043
vms-00849	2500	541	Proterozoic					244361	Nugrah North, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Nuqrah North	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00850	2500	541	Proterozoic					244362	Nugrah South, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Nuqrah South	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

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