Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tan-Tan Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 109212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tan-Tan Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Morocco": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tan-Tan
Toufrite Project

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	85624	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	85624	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	85624	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	85624	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	85624	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	85623,85624,85625	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	85624	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	85624	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	85624	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	85624	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	85623,85624,85625	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	85624	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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