Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Taourirt, Taourirt Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 68220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taourirt, Taourirt Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lamprophyre Dyke Outcrops
Side Lahcen
Taourirt Mine

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tridymite

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tridymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	60	31	1	85676	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	60	31	1	85676	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	60	31	1	85674	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	60	31	1	85674	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	60	31	1	85674	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	60	31	1	85677	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	60	31	1	85676	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	60	31	1	85674	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	60	31	1	85674	179
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	60	31	1	85674	884
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	60	31	1	85674	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	60	31	2	85676,85677	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	60	31	1	85674	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	60	31	1	85676	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000653	ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Camptonite and monchiquite dykes; nephelinite flows; pyroxenite and nepheline syenite xenoliths.
Jen_0000654	ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Camptonite and monchiquite dykes; nephelinite flows; pyroxenite and nepheline syenite xenoliths.
Jen_0000655	ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Camptonite and monchiquite dykes; nephelinite flows; pyroxenite and nepheline syenite xenoliths.

3 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
Jen_0000653	47	47	47	K-Ar	biotite	68220	Taourirt, Taourirt Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco	Taourirt area	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000654	43	31	37±6	K-Ar	biotite	68220	Taourirt, Taourirt Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco	Taourirt area	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000655	60	54	57±3	K-Ar	biotite	68220	Taourirt, Taourirt Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco	Taourirt area	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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