Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jebel Siroua, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 266655
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266655.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jebel Siroua, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zgounder Mine

Latitude: 30°44'20"N
Longitude: 7°47'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.738888888889,-7.7891666666667

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*
Anatase ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Narsarsukite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pearceite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Feldspar Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Tridymite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	85757	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	85757	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	0		133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	85757	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	85757	2162
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	85757	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	85757	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	85757	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	85757	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	85757	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	85757	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	85757	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	85757	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	85757	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	85757	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	85757	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	85757	17380
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	0		34
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	0		884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	0		75
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	85757	2349
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	85757	249
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	85757	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	85757	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	85757	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	85757	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	85757	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	85757	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	85757	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	85757	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	85757	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	85757	1934
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	85757	62
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	85757	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	85757	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	85757	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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