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Locality Name:
Azegour Mine, Azgour (Azegour), Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 350

mindat Locality ID: 2387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azegour Mine, Azgour (Azegour), Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°8'58"N
Longitude: 8°18'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.149444444444,-8.3038888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si U W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteEpsomiteFluoriteGarnetGypsumMarcasiteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bayleyite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)340035001534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40035009052
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O400350038
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi40035001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S340035001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440035005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)400350027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40035005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2400350027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O640035004135
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O4003500484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF240035009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS400350024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O40035006890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O64003500741
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS240035005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS240035005800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)4003500494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2400350039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S840035009056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)40035004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS400350021482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1040035001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO340035001247


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00036400350400–350      Molybdenite, PowelliteMo2387Azegour Mine, Azgour (Azegour), Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, MoroccoAzegourPelleter (2007); Berrada et al. (2011)   

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