Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
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: 22953
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22953.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Beddiane
Bou Beker (Bou Bekker; Bou Becker)
Oued Mekta (Mekta)
Pit No. 11
Pit No. 9
Sidi Amer (Sidi Ameur)
Touissit
Zelidja Mine (Zellidja Mine)

Latitude: 34°28'47"N
Longitude: 1°43'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.479722222222,-1.7266666666667

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.

Adelite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite
Descloizite	Diaspore	Dundasite	Gypsum	Malachite	Nadorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Adamite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Duftite ()*
Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Nadorite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Vanadinite ()*	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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite
Descloizite Diaspore Dundasite Gypsum Malachite Nadorite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur

37 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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	174	164	1	85656	254
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	174	164	4	85655,85659,85661,85662	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	174	164	3	85659,85661,85662	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	174	164	5	85655,85656,85659,85661,85662	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	174	164	2	85656,85661	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	174	164	1	85656	132
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	174	164	1	85659	450
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	174	164	1	85656	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	174	164	1	85659	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	174	164	5	85655,85656,85659,85661,85662	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174	164	2	85656,85661	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	85655	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	85655	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	174	164	3	85656,85659,85661	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	85655	220
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	85662	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	174	164	4	85655,85659,85661,85662	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	85655,85662	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	174	164	2	85656,85661	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	85661	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	164	5	85655,85656,85659,85661,85662	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO			1	85661	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			2	85655,85661	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	85655	362
Nadorite ()*	Nadorite	PbSb³⁺O₂Cl			1	85661	18
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	174	164	0		492
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	174	164	1	85659	46
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	174	164	3	85655,85659,85661	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	85661	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	85661	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	174	164	1	85656	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	164	1	85656	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	174	164	3	85656,85659,85661	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	85661	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	85661	2045
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			3	85660,85661,85662	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	174	164	7	85655,85657,85658,85659,85660,85661,85662	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									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
R050052	Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco	https://rruff.info/R050052

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