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


mindat Locality ID: 26766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zgounder Mine, Jebel Siroua, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°44'20"N
Longitude: 7°47'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.738888888889,-7.7894444444444
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
FeldsparMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3062
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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