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Locality Name:
Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 14175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Aïcha Bel Lahcen
Assaka Ijdi
Bou Mia (Boumeia)
Chebka Sidi Said
Mibladen Mining District
Mount Ayachi
Tadamout
Upper Moulouya Lead District
Zaida Area

Latitude: 32°40'43"N
Longitude: 4°49'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.678611111111,-4.8325

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Minium	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minium ()*	Mottramite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Sr U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Minium Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite

41 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	65	65	3	85445,85477,85479	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	85477	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	85477	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	65	65	2	85445,85471	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	85477	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			5	85444,85475,85477,85478,85479	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65	65	14	85445,85447,85448,85449,85451,85461,85463,85464,85465,85468,85472,85473,85477,85479	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	85477	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	65	4	85445,85471,85477,85479	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	85442	1184
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	85474	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	65	65	11	85445,85447,85448,85463,85464,85465,85466,85468,85472,85477,85479	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	85477	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	65	3	85445,85477,85479	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	65	65	1	85473	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	85477	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	85477	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	65	65	3	85445,85477,85479	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	85444,85477,85479	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	65	10	85444,85445,85449,85450,85461,85463,85464,85466,85477,85479	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	85477,85480	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	65	65	3	85445,85455,85478	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	85443	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65	65	4	85463,85473,85477,85479	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	65	65	1	85445	243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	85444,85475,85477,85478,85479	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	85480	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	85477	5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	65	65	2	85445,85479	247
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	65	65	3	85445,85451,85454	362
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	85477	633
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	65	65	1	85445	46
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	65	65	1	85445	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	65	3	85445,85477,85479	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	65	65	3	85445,85448,85479	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	65	4	85444,85445,85477,85479	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	85477	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	85477	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	85477	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	65	65	14	85445,85447,85448,85450,85451,85454,85462,85465,85466,85468,85470,85471,85472,85479	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	65	65	9	85441,85445,85447,85448,85450,85463,85464,85477,85479	1655

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
	sedznpb-00331	65	65	post-Cretaceous?											2396	Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Mibladen	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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