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

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

mindat Locality ID: 260390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azgour (Azegour), Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Azegour Mine
Tizgui Mine

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: 

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)34003501857641534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4003501857649052
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O40035018576438
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4003501857641966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34003501857641935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44003501857645516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40035018576427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4003501857645707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240035018576427198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O64003501857644135
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O400350185764484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24003501857649617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40035018576424243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4003501857646890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6400350185764741
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24003501857645674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24003501857645800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)400350185764494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240035018576439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84003501857649056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4003501857644894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS40035018576421482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)104003501857641395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO34003501857641247


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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