MGS No. HM7554, Oued el Hamra, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritaniai
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MGS No. HM7554 | - not defined - |
Oued el Hamra | - not defined - |
Tiris Zemmour Region | Region |
Mauritania | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 26° 11' 16'' North , 8° 38' 49'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 26.18800,-8.64706 |
GeoHash: | G#: eu9ugprkh |
Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
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Regions containing this locality
African Plate | Tectonic Plate |
Sahara Desert, North Africa | Desert |
West Africa | UN Subregion |
Northwest Africa Meteorites | Meteorite Fall Location |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsMineral List
2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: Mauritanian Geological Survey (1995) database |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Mauritanian Geological Survey (1995) database |
ⓘ Quartz var: Gwindel Formula: SiO2 Reference: Mauritanian Geological Survey (1995) database |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | var: Gwindel | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 2 - SULFIDES | |||
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AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2 | |||
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.12.1.1 | FeS2 |
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
ⓘ | var: Gwindel | - | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz (var: Gwindel) | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz (var: Gwindel) | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Early Carboniferous 323.2 - 358.9 Ma ID: 3147915 | Early Carboniferous basalt Age: Mississippian (323.2 - 358.9 Ma) Lithology: Basalt group Reference: Asch, K. The 1:5M International Geological Map of Europe and Adjacent Areas: Development and Implementation of a GIS-enabled Concept. Geologisches Jahrbuch, SA 3. [147] |
Rhyacian 2050 - 2300 Ma ID: 3310226 | Age: Rhyacian (2050 - 2300 Ma) Lithology: Metamorphic Reference: Thiéblemont, D. (ed.). New edition of the 1:10,000,000 geological map of Africa. CGMW-BRGM. [190] |
Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 3192384 | Archean crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Lithology: Migmatite; orthogneiss/paragneiss Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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