Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 2396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
2em Horizon
ACF Mine
Adeghoual (Aderhoual)
Anne Marie
Bou Almaden (Bou El Maden)
Coud'a Workings
Jebel Ajalab Workings
Les A
Les AB
Les AB Mine
Les Dalles Mine (Lidal Mine)
Les O Mine
Les R Mine
Les S Mine
Les T
Les T Mine
Liwali Mine
Lrar Lahmar Workings
Marguerite Mine
Oued Amorhourzif

Latitude: 32°45'59"N
Longitude: 4°37'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.766388888889,-4.6330555555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Corundum	Descloizite	Gypsum	Minium
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Minium ()*	Mottramite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Corundum Descloizite Gypsum Minium
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	65	65	0		2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	65	65	1	85471	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65	65	11	85447,85448,85449,85451,85461,85463,85464,85465,85468,85472,85473	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	65	1	85471	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	65	65	8	85447,85448,85463,85464,85465,85466,85468,85472	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	65	0		27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	65	65	1	85473	227
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	65	65	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	65	6	85449,85450,85461,85463,85464,85466	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	65	65	1	85455	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65	65	2	85463,85473	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	65	65	0		243
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	65	65	0		247
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	65	65	2	85451,85454	362
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	65	65	0		46
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	65	65	0		142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	65	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	65	65	1	85448	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	65	0		61156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	65	65	12	85447,85448,85450,85451,85454,85462,85465,85466,85468,85470,85471,85472	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	65	65	5	85447,85448,85450,85463,85464	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00331	65	65	post-Cretaceous?											2396	Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Mibladen	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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