Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Nugrah North, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

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

mindat Locality ID: 244361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nugrah North, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°38'30"N
Longitude: 41°26'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.641666666667,41.441666666667

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

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	Age from other Locality	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	Yes	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	Yes	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				Yes		244362	Nugrah South, Nuqrah Deposit (Nuqrah Mine), Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia	Nuqrah South	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

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