Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jbel Bou Arhous, L'oriental Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 256457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jbel Bou Arhous, L'oriental Region, Morocco": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Atchana Mine
Bou Arhous Deposit
Iboughalene Mine

Latitude: 32°15'59"N
Longitude: 3°46'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.266388888889,-3.7677777777778

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.

Calcite	Clay	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite

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 C Ca H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Sauconite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Willemite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	85650	27770
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	85650	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	85650	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	85650	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	85650	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	85650	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	85650	17380
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	85650	56
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	85650	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	85650	21482
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	85650	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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