Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 225

mindat Locality ID: 133549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Amelal
Argana Cu Deposit
Igherm
Jebel Siroua
Tamjout
Tazalarht Mining Area

Latitude: 30°38'0"N
Longitude: 8°18'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.633333333333,-8.3086111111111

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Descloizite	Digenite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sengierite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*
Anatase ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Narsarsukite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pearceite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sengierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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: Ag Al As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Descloizite Digenite Feldspar Gypsum Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Sengierite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Tridymite Vivianite

50 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	85757	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	85757	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	85756	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]			1	85756	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	85757	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	85757	2162
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	85756	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	85757	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	85756	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	85759	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	900	900	2	85755,85757	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	85757	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	900	900	3	85755,85757,85759	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	900	900	3	85755,85757,85758	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	85757	4165
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O			1	85751	58
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	85759	1027
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O			1	85751	164
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	85759	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	85757	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	85759	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	85757	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	85757	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	85751	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	85757	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	85756	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	85757	5674
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	85758	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	85757	17380
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁			1	85756	34
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	85756	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O			1	85756	75
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	85757	2349
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]			1	85757	249
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	85759	2273
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	85757	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	85757	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	85757	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	85757	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	85757,85759	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	85757	5614
Sengierite ()*	Sengierite	Cu₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	85751	11
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	85757	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	85757	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	85757	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	85757	1934
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃			1	85757	62
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	85757	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	85757	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	85757	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
sedcu-00524	225	225	Triassic	Cu	228165	Argana Cu Deposit, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco	Argana	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00527	900	900	U. Proterozoic	Cu	228167	Iminirfi, Igherm, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco	Iminirfi	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00526	900	900	U. Proterozoic	Cu	71511	Talat N'Ouamane (Talate N’Ouamine), Igherm, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco	Talat n Ouamane	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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