Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tamlalt–Menhouhou Gold Deposit, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 577
Youngest recorded age at locality: 286

mindat Locality ID: 249303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tamlalt–Menhouhou Gold Deposit, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Malachite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	577	286	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	577	286	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	577	286	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	577	286	5707
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	577	286	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	577	286	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	577	286	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	577	286	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	577	286	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	577	286	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	577	286	61156

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
DD2007_Pelleter-00001	577	561	569±8	U-Pb			249303	Tamlalt–Menhouhou Gold Deposit, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Tamlalt-Menhouhou gold deposit	Pelleter (2007)	DD2007_Pelleter
DD2007_Pelleter-00002	457	441	449±8		zircon	Zircon	249303	Tamlalt–Menhouhou Gold Deposit, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Tamlalt-Menhouhou gold deposit	Pelleter (2007)	DD2007_Pelleter
DD2007_Pelleter-00003	300	286	293±7	Ar-Ar			249303	Tamlalt–Menhouhou Gold Deposit, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Tamlalt-Menhouhou gold deposit	Pelleter (2007)	DD2007_Pelleter

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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