Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pit No. 9, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174
Youngest recorded age at locality: 164

mindat Locality ID: 5855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pit No. 9, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore Rocksalt Scheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	174	164	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	174	164	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	174	164	5509
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	174	164	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	174	164	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	174	164	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	174	164	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	174	164	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	164	12537
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	174	164	46
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	174	164	142
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	174	164	2473
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	174	164	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00185	174	164	Middle Jurassic		host rock age					Yes				2403	Bou Beker (Bou Bekker; Bou Becker), Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco	Touissit-Bou Beker	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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