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Locality Name:
Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 560
Youngest recorded age at locality: 560

mindat Locality ID: 121040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Morocco": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Assa-Zag Province
Guelmim Province
Sidi Ifni Province
Tan-Tan Province
Tirhert Meteorite

Latitude: 28°22'2"N
Longitude: 9°5'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.367222222222,-9.0938888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteIronMalachiteNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6285618,856262060
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218562427198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl185618203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4285618,856263902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1856183846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1856244165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1856241027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61856184135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18562424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1856247437
Gold  (*)CopperAu385623,85624,8562530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1856242812
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1856181398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318562414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31856265433
Iron  (*)IronFe285618,856261089
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218562412537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218562439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2385623,85624,8562561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18562421482
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS285618,856261044


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00529560560L. Cambrian       Cu228170Adrar Ouanas, Zag, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, MoroccoAdrar OuanasCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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