Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco

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

mindat Locality ID: 127027
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127027.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Afra
Ait Bourd
Aït Ourir
Guemassa Massif
Marrakech
Sidi Bou Kricha

Latitude: 31°29'26"N
Longitude: 8°3'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.490555555556,-8.0575

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arrojadite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Cobaltite	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Butlerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe) ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laitakarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paraguanajuatite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Starkeyite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arrojadite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Cobaltite Copiapite Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Starkeyite Sulphur Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

44 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	350	350	1	85715	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	350	350	1	85715	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	85707	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	85707	3092
Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Arrojadite	(KNa)Fe²⁺(CaNa₂)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂			1	85716	50
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	350	350	4	85710,85712,85714,85715	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	85707	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	350	350	1	85715	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	350	350	1	85714	1966
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	350	350	1	85715	26
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	350	350	1	85712	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	85707	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	350	350	6	85707,85710,85712,85713,85714,85715	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	350	350	1	85714	966
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	350	350	1	85715	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	350	350	1	85715	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	85707	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	85707	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	350	350	1	85715	2740
Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe) ()*	Arrojadite	Na₂CaBaFe²⁺Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂			1	85716	2
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	350	350	6	85707,85710,85712,85713,85714,85715	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	350	350	1	85715	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	350	350	1	85715	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	350	350	1	85715	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	350	350	1	85715	14640
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	350	350	1	85715	65
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	350	350	1	85715	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	350	350	1	85715	2228
Laitakarite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄(Se,S)₃	350	350	1	85714	30
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	350	350	1	85714	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	85707	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	350	350	2	85713,85714	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	350	350	3	85710,85712,85715	17380
Paraguanajuatite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Se₃	350	350	1	85714	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	350	350	6	85707,85710,85712,85713,85714,85715	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	350	350	5	85710,85712,85713,85714,85715	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	350	350	7	85707,85708,85710,85712,85713,85714,85715	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	85707	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	350	350	1	85710	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	350	350	6	85707,85710,85712,85713,85714,85715	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	350	350	1	85715	79
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	350	350	1	85715	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	350	350	5	85710,85712,85713,85714,85715	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	85707	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00651	350	350	Mississippian	S	11605	Hajar Mine, Guemassa Massif, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco	Hajar	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00650	350	350	Mississippian	S	188843	Draa Sfar Deposit, Marrakech, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco	Draa Sfar	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00652	350	350	Mississippian	S	195124	Kettara Mine, Marrakech, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco	Kettara	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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