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M’Haoudat Mine, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):	22° 58' 50'' North , 12° 4' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):	22.98060,-12.06670
GeoHash:	G#: esp6trmr9
Locality type:	Mine
Köppen climate type:	BWh : Hot deserts climate

14km-long M’Haoudat ridge contains four steeply dipping, lens-shaped deposits.

Regions containing this locality

Sahara Desert, North Africa

Desert - 704 mineral species & varietal names listed

West Africa

UN Subregion - 515 mineral species & varietal names listed

Northwest Africa Meteorites

Meteorite Fall Location - 826 mineral species & varietal names listed

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Iron

Mineral List

ⓘ Hematite

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe₂O₃

Reference: http://www.snim.com/e/index.php/operations/mines.html

ⓘ 'commodity:Iron'

Formula: Fe

Reference:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	'Hematite'	4.CB.05	Fe₂O₃

List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification

Group 4 - SIMPLE OXIDES
A₂X₃
ⓘ	Hematite	4.3.1.2	Fe₂O₃

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Hematite	Fe₂O₃
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Hematite	Fe₂O₃

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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Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 3310978	Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary Reference: Thiéblemont, D. (ed.). New edition of the 1:10,000,000 geological map of Africa. CGMW-BRGM. [190]
Neoproterozoic 541 - 1000 Ma ID: 3192717	Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Neoproterozoic (541 - 1000 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks 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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