Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tichka Massif, High Atlas Mtn, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 218727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tichka Massif, High Atlas Mtn, Morocco": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Analghi
Oukilal

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Löllingite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetradymite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Jonassonite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Maldonite ()*	Pekoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*

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: As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Löllingite Meneghinite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetradymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	85632,85633	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	85633	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	85633	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	85633	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	85633	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	85632,85633	30554
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	1	85633	19
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	85633	762
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	85633	88
Pekoite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₁₁S₁₈	1	85633	39
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	85632,85633	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	85633	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	85633	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	85633	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	85633	276

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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