Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 121049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Al Hoceima Province
Beni Bousera Massif
Chefchaouen Province
Fahs Anjra Prefecture
Larache Province
Tanger-Assilah Prefecture
Tétouan Province

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Cubanite	Löllingite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*

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 As Au C Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Cubanite Löllingite Mica Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	85777,85778,85780,85781,85782	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	6	85777,85778,85779,85780,85781,85782	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2	85777,85780	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	85782	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	85782	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	3	85777,85780,85782	802
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	85778,85782	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	85777,85779,85780	2812
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	3	85778,85781,85782	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	85780	451
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	3	85780,85781,85782	161
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	3	85778,85781,85782	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	85777,85780	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	85777,85780	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	85777,85780	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	85777,85778,85780,85781,85782	9056

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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