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Locality Name:
El Hammam Mine (El Hamman Mine), El Hammam (El Hamman), Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco


mindat Locality ID: 2392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Hammam Mine (El Hamman Mine), El Hammam (El Hamman), Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°33'0"N
Longitude: 5°48'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.55,-5.8
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
EpidoteFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetMicaNickelineNonePectolitePerovskitePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTitanite
VesuvianiteWollastonite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Burtite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)
Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stokesite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wickmanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)20260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2088
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Burtite  (*)PerovskiteCaSn4+(OH)603
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)040
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stokesite  (*)NoneCaSnSi3O9·2H2O021
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2056
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)6024
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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