Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tazakourt Orebody, Draa Sfar Deposit, Marrakech, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 350

mindat Locality ID: 188847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tazakourt Orebody, Draa Sfar Deposit, Marrakech, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°44'30"N
Longitude: 7°58'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.741666666667,-7.9797222222222

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Galena ()*
Laitakarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Paraguanajuatite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Bi Co Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Co Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Se Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	350	350	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	350	350	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	350	350	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	350	350	966
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	350	350	24243
Laitakarite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄(Se,S)₃	350	350	30
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	350	350	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	350	350	5674
Paraguanajuatite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Se₃	350	350	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	350	350	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	350	350	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	350	350	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	350	350	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	350	350	3337

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
	vms-00650	350	350	Mississippian							Yes			S	188843	Draa Sfar Deposit, Marrakech, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco	Draa Sfar	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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