Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 16037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mefis, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Contamine Vein
Nickeline Vein
Wulfenite Vein

Latitude: 31°2'2"N
Longitude: 3°57'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.033888888889,-3.9505555555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Löllingite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Löllingite Marcasite Nickeline None Perovskite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	85425	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	85426	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	85425,85426,85427	27198
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	85425,85426	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	85425	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	85425	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	85425,85426	5674
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	85426	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	2	85425,85426	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	85425	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	85425	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	85425	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	2	85425,85426	233
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	85425,85426	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	85425,85426	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	85427	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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