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Locality Name:
Samiuki Mine, Um Samiuki, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

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

mindat Locality ID: 11332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samiuki Mine, Um Samiuki, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°13'58"N
Longitude: 34°50'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.232777777778,34.834166666667

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite
Digenite	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Benleonardite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tephroite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite
Digenite Epidote Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2500	541	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2500	541	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2500	541	11547
Benleonardite ()*	Polybasite	Ag₁₅Cu(Sb,As)₂S₇Te₄	2500	541	20
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2500	541	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	541	27770
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	2500	541	42
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2500	541	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2500	541	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2500	541	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	541	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2500	541	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2500	541	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2500	541	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2500	541	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	541	12537
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	2500	541	51
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	541	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2500	541	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2500	541	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2500	541	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2500	541	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2500	541	586
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2500	541	1803
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2500	541	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2500	541	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	2562

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-00465	2500	541	Proterozoic											11332	Samiuki Mine, Um Samiuki, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt	Um Samiuki	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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