Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 120
Youngest recorded age at locality: 120

mindat Locality ID: 133541
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133541.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Jbel Rhassoul (Ghassoul)
Missour
Sidi Ayed (Sidi Ayad)
Tansrift Cu Deposit (Tamarift Cu Deposit)

Latitude: 32°58'48"N
Longitude: 4°17'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.98,-4.29

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite
Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stevensite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Fluorite
Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	85590	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	85590,85592	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	85590	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	85590	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	85591	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	85587	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	85592	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	85590	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	85590,85591	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	85591	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	85590	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	85587	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	85590	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	85590	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	85587	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	85590	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	85592	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	85590,85591,85592	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	85590	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	85587,85590,85591,85592	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	85590	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	85587	57

1 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-00523	120	120	Cretaceous										Cu	228164	Tansrift Cu Deposit (Tamarift Cu Deposit), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco	Tansrift	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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