Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Zag, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 560
Youngest recorded age at locality: 560

mindat Locality ID: 228171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zag, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Morocco": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Adrar Ouanas
Zag H3-6 Meteorite (Sagd Meteorite; Tan-Tan Meteorite)

Latitude: 27°47'59"N
Longitude: 9°16'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.799722222222,-9.2830555555556

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	Copper	Iron	None	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Spinel

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: Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Copper Iron None Pyroxene Rocksalt Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*
Halite ()*	Iron ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	85618	2060
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	85618	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	85618	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	85618	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	85618	4135
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	85618	1398
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	85618	1089
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	85618	1044

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
	sedcu-00529	560	560	L. Cambrian										Cu	228170	Adrar Ouanas, Zag, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Morocco	Adrar Ouanas	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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