Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tamazeght Mountain Range, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 25868
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25868.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tamazeght Mountain Range, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jebel Bou-Agrao

Latitude: 32°36'35"N
Longitude: 4°31'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.609722222222,-4.5277777777778

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Ancylite	Apatite	Aragonite	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Catapleiite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Elpidite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Mica	Monazite	Natrolite	Neptunite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Perovskite	Phenakite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite
Wöhlerite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Ancylite Apatite Aragonite Astrophyllite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite
Catapleiite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Elpidite Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Mica Monazite Natrolite Neptunite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Perovskite Phenakite
Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite
Wöhlerite Zircon

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Catapleiite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cheralite ()*	Copper ()*
Diopside ()*	Elpidite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Götzenite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hiortdahlite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kupletskite ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*
Låvenite ()*	Lorenzenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganoneptunite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Normandite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pectolite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	Rosenbuschite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorlomite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vinogradovite ()*	Willemite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	48	38	1	85360	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	48	38	1	85360	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	48	38	1	85360	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	48	38	1	85360	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	48	38	1	85360	2162
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	48	38	1	85360	92
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	48	38	1	85360	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	48	38	1	85360	3092
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	48	38	1	85360	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	48	38	1	85360	161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	48	38	1	85360	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	48	38	1	85360	11547
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	48	38	1	85360	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	48	38	1	85360	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	48	38	1	85360	232
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	48	38	1	85360	113
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	48	38	1	85360	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	48	38	1	85360	27198
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	48	38	1	85360	50
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	48	38	1	85360	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	48	38	1	85360	4135
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	48	38	1	85360	50
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	48	38	1	85360	182
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	48	38	1	85360	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	48	38	1	85360	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	48	38	1	85360	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	48	38	1	85360	24243
Götzenite ()*	None	Ca₄NaCa₂Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	48	38	1	85360	27
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	48	38	1	85360	158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	48	38	1	85360	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	48	38	1	85360	14640
Hiortdahlite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄(Ca_0.5Zr_0.5)Zr(Si₂O₇)₂OF₃	48	38	1	85360	21
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	48	38	1	85360	179
Kupletskite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	48	38	1	85360	33
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	48	38	1	85360	63
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	48	38	1	85360	58
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	48	38	1	85360	82
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	48	38	1	85360	14899
Manganoneptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiMn²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	48	38	1	85360	26
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	48	38	1	85360	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	48	38	1	85360	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	48	38	1	85360	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	48	38	1	85360	884
Normandite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₂(Mn,Fe)₂(Ti,Nb,Zr)₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂F₂	48	38	1	85360	10
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	48	38	1	85360	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	48	38	1	85360	363
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	48	38	1	85360	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	48	38	1	85360	2273
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	48	38	1	85360	89
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	48	38	1	85360	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	48	38	1	85360	244
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	48	38	1	85360	53
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	48	38	1	85360	42
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	48	38	1	85360	5614
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	48	38	1	85360	54
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	48	38	1	85360	2473
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	48	38	1	85360	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	48	38	1	85360	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	48	38	1	85360	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	48	38	1	85360	232
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	48	38	1	85360	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	48	38	1	85360	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	48	38	1	85360	1395
Vinogradovite ()*	None	Na₄Ti₄(Si₂O₆)₂[(Si,Al)₄O₁₀]O₄·(H₂O,Na,K)₃	48	38	1	85360	28
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	48	38	1	85360	303
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	48	38	1	85360	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000648	MAGMATIC STYLE: Two principal bodies up to 1 km in length, numerous dykes and small irregular intrusions, pipe-like breccia bodies and extrusive carbonatites. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, ijolite, nepheline syenite, trachybasalt, nephelinite, analcimite, phonolite, tinguaite, syenite, alkaline lamprophyres and fenite.
Jen_0000649	MAGMATIC STYLE: Two principal bodies up to 1 km in length, numerous dykes and small irregular intrusions, pipe-like breccia bodies and extrusive carbonatites. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, ijolite, nepheline syenite, trachybasalt, nephelinite, analcimite, phonolite, tinguaite, syenite, alkaline lamprophyres and fenite.
Jen_0000650	MAGMATIC STYLE: Two principal bodies up to 1 km in length, numerous dykes and small irregular intrusions, pipe-like breccia bodies and extrusive carbonatites. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, ijolite, nepheline syenite, trachybasalt, nephelinite, analcimite, phonolite, tinguaite, syenite, alkaline lamprophyres and fenite.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
ree-00462	66	2.6	Tertiary			25868	Tamazeght Mountain Range, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco	Tamazert (Oued Tamazert, Tamazeght, Bou Agrao)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0000648	43	43	43	Rb-Sr	whole rock	25815	Jebel Bou-Agrao, Tamazeght Mountain Range, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco	Tamazert	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000649	48	40	44 ±4	Rb-Sr	biotite	25815	Jebel Bou-Agrao, Tamazeght Mountain Range, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco	Tamazert	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000650	46	38	42 ±4	K-Ar	whole rock, biotite	25815	Jebel Bou-Agrao, Tamazeght Mountain Range, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco	Tamazert	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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