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Kettara mine, Marrakech, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco

Abandoned pyrrhotite mine.
Located ca. 35 km NW of Marrakech and ca. 25 km W of the Sidi Bou Othmane locality.
[Note: uncertain if in Marrakech Prefecture or other prefecture.]

Most of the secondary minerals listed were detected in tailings dumps (hardpan in part).

References

- Rachid Hakkou, Mostafa Benzaazoua and Bruno Bussière (2008): Acid Mine Drainage at the Abandoned Kettara Mine (Morocco): 1. Environmental Characterization. Mine Water and the Environment, 27, 145-159.
- - Rachid Hakkou, Mostafa Benzaazoua and Bruno Bussière (2008): Acid Mine Drainage at the Abandoned Kettara Mine (Morocco): 2. Mine Waste Geochemical Behavior. Mine Water and the Environment, 27, 160-170.


Mineral List

Albite
Alunite
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Butlerite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Copiapite
Coquimbite
Fluorapatite
Galena
Goethite
Gypsum
Halotrichite
Hematite
'Heulandite' ?
Hydroniumjarosite
Ilmenite
Jarosite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
'Serpentine Group'
Sphalerite
Starkeyite
Sulphur
Talc


29 entries listed. 25 valid minerals.

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