Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 350

mindat Locality ID: 122112
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122112.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi (Adrar Trich Boû Oudi)
Agoujgal
Azgour (Azegour)
Bensour Meteorite
El Gouanem Meteorite
Kheneg Ljouâd
Tissint Martian Meteorite

Latitude: 29°50'59"N
Longitude: 7°52'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.849722222222,-7.8680555555556

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	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diamond	Epsomite	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Palmierite	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Ahrensite ()*	Akimotoite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Bayleyite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenmingite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Lingunite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Majorite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ringwoodite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stishovite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Tissintite ()*
Troilite ()*	Tuite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Wüstite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Corundum Diamond Epsomite Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Iron Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine Palmierite Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ahrensite ()*	Spinel	SiFe₂O₄			1	85769	3
Akimotoite ()*	Corundum	MgSiO₃			1	85769	10
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	400	350	1	85764	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	400	350	1	85764	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	85769	2060
Bayleyite ()*	None	Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·18H₂O	400	350	1	85764	38
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	400	350	1	85764	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	400	350	1	85764	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	400	350	1	85764	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	400	350	1	85764	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	400	350	1	85764	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	400	350	1	85764	27198
Chenmingite ()*	None	FeCr₂O₄			1	85769	1
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	85768,85769	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	85767	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	400	350	1	85764	4135
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	400	350	1	85764	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	400	350	1	85764	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	85767	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	400	350	1	85764	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	85767	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	900	350	2	85762,85764	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	400	350	1	85764	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	85769	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			2	85766,85768	1089
Lingunite ()*	Coronadite	NaAlSi₃O₈			1	85769	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	85769	14899
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃			1	85769	24
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	400	350	1	85764	5674
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			2	85766,85769	230
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	400	350	1	85764	5800
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	85768	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	85769	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			2	85767,85769	303
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	400	350	1	85764	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	400	350	1	85764	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	400	350	2	85764,85769	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	85761	61156
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄			1	85769	25
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	400	350	1	85764	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	400	350	1	85764	21482
Stishovite ()*	Rutile	SiO₂			1	85769	26
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	85766	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi			2	85766,85768	116
Tissintite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na, )AlSi₂O₆			1	85769	2
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			2	85766,85768	1044
Tuite ()*	Palmierite	Ca₃(PO₄)₂			1	85769	7
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄			1	85769	120
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	400	350	1	85764	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	400	350	1	85764	1247
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO			1	85769	74

2 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
	sedcu-00528	900	900	U. Proterozoic										Cu	228169	Agoujgal, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco	Agoujgal	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	Mo-00036	400	350	400–350									Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	2387	Azegour Mine, Azgour (Azegour), Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco	Azegour	Pelleter (2007); Berrada et al. (2011)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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