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:
Alnif, Alnif County, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 244526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244526.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alnif, Alnif County, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Izizauen
Oumjrane Mining Area

Latitude: 30°40'5"N
Longitude: 5°6'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.668055555556,-5.1058333333333

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.

Acetate	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Galena ()*	Hoganite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acetate Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

15 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	85572,85574	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	85572,85574	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	85572	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	85574	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	85572,85574	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	85572,85574	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	85572,85574	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O			1	85572	164
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	85574	24243
Hoganite ()*	Acetate	Cu(CH₃COO)₂·H₂O	0	0	1	85574	4
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	85572,85574	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	85572,85573,85574	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	85572,85573,85574	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	85571,85572,85574	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	85574	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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