Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Barramiya Mine, Barramiya, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 27958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27958.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 25°4'23"N
Longitude: 33°47'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.073055555556,33.785833333333

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Marcasite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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