Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 133550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tafraout

Latitude: 29°29'12"N
Longitude: 8°43'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.486666666667,-8.7188888888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Ca Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	85773	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	85773	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	85773	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	85773	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	85773	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	85773	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	85773	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	85773	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	85773	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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