Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bou Beker (Bou Bekker; Bou Becker), 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: 2403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bou Beker (Bou Bekker; Bou Becker), Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°28'59"N
Longitude: 1°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.483055555556,-1.7166666666667

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz

Adamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Malachite None
Not in a structural group Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	174	164	254
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	174	164	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	174	164	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	174	164	132
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	174	164	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	174	164	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174	164	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	174	164	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	174	164	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	164	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	174	164	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	164	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	174	164	2473

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									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

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