Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 188849
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188849.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marrakech, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Draa Sfar Deposit
Kettara Mine

Latitude: 31°48'17"N
Longitude: 8°4'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.804722222222,-8.0780555555556

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

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Butlerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Laitakarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paraguanajuatite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*

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 Na O P Pb S Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

32 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	350	350	3	85712,85714,85715	9052
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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	350	350	4	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
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	350	350	1	85715	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	350	350	4	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
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	350	350	2	85713,85714	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	350	350	2	85712,85715	17380
Paraguanajuatite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Se₃	350	350	1	85714	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	350	350	4	85712,85713,85714,85715	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	350	350	4	85712,85713,85714,85715	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	350	350	4	85712,85713,85714,85715	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	350	350	4	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	4	85712,85713,85714,85715	3337

2 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
	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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