Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 2395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taouz, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Baryte-pseudomorphs Locality
Bou Laadame
Bou Zegger (Bouzougar)
Four Man Mine
Jbel Ardane
Majrane Mine
Mefis
Tadaout
Tizi Mokhazni
Tizi N' Ressas

Latitude: 30°54'24"N
Longitude: 3°59'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.906666666667,-3.9955555555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Löllingite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Turquoise	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H Mn O P S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Gypsum Löllingite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Turquoise Vivianite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	85430	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	85425,85426	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	85425,85426	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	85427	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	85422	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	85423	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	85418,85424,85425,85429,85430	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	85429	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	85421,85424,85426	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	85429	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	85420,85424,85429	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	85424,85425,85426,85427,85430	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	85429	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	85429	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	85425,85426	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	85425,85428,85431	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	85421,85429	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	85429	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	85425,85428,85429	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	85429	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	85421,85429	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	85425,85426	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	85429	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	85429	362
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	85426	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	3	85425,85426,85433	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	85425,85433	767
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	1	85429	71
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	85429	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	85424,85425,85428	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	85429	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	85420,85421,85424,85425,85429	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	3	85425,85426,85433	233
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	85421,85424,85425,85426	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	85424,85425,85426,85431	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	85419,85431	1803
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	85421,85429	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	85427,85429	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R090056	Taouz, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	https://rruff.info/R090056

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