Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

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Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Maroc

Famous cobalt(-silver) mining district.


NOTE: The spelling "Bou Azzer" is obsolete. The town, district and mines are now officially written "Bou Azer" (Qv).

References

- Bültemann, H.W. (1957): Novácekit und Uranospinit von Bou Azzer, Marokko. Aufschluss, 8, 4 (in German).
- Pallix, G. (1978): Famous Mineral Localities: Bou Azzer, Morocco. Mineral. Rec. 9 (2), 69-73.
- Schmetzer, K., Tremmel, G. & Bartelke, W. (1980): Eine Paragenese seltener Mineralien aus Bou-Azzer, Marokko: Parasymplesit, Symplesit, Schneiderhöhnit, Karibibit. N. Jb. Mineral. Abh., 138, 94-108 (in German).
- Hochleitner, R. (1981): Aktuelle Neufunde: Seltene Mineralien von Bou Azzer, Marokko. Lapis, 6 (2), 29-30.
- Schmetzer, K. & Tremmel, G. (1981): Mcguinnessit (Mg,Cu)2CO3(OH)2 aus Bou Azzer, Marokko - ein neuer Fundpunkt. N. Jb. Mineral. Mh., 1981, 443-451.
- Cesbron, F.P., Ginderow, D., Giraud, R., Pelissson, P. & Pillard, F. (1987): La nickelaustinite, Ca(Ni,Zn)(AsO4)(OH): nouvelle espèce minérale du district cobalto-nickelifère de Bou-Azzer, Maroc. Can. Miner., 25, 401-407.
- Vinogradova, R. A.; Uljanov, A. A.; Korotaeva, N. N.; Obraztsov, V. V.; Azizi, S. M. R.; Maasha, L. (1994): Selenium-bearing sulfarsenides of the cobaltite-gersdorffite series from deposits of Bu-Azzer district (Morocco). Zapiski Vserossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 123, 64-68 (in Russian).
- Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2001). Bou Azzer, description des espèces minérales. Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, (73), 34-112. (in French) [The complete article: Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2001). Le district cobalto-nickélifère de Bou Azzer (Maroc) - Géologie, histoire et description des espèces minérales. Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 3/2001, 1-112. (in French)]
- Gasquet D, Levresse G, Cheilletz A, Deloule E, Azizi Samir MR, Zyadi R. (2005). Contribution to a geodynamic reconstruction of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco) during Pan African times with the emphasis on inversion tectonics and metallogenetic activity at the Precambrian Cambrian transition. Precambrian Research. 140, 3-4, 157-182
- Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2006). Eine weltberühmte Kontaktlagerstätte: Bou Azzer, Marokko. Lapis 31(7/8), 13-21 (in German)
- Ait Haddouch, L., Maacha, L., Dietrich, J. E. and Favreau, G. (2006). Kobaltförderung seit 1928: Die Bergbaugeschichte von Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 22-26. (in German)
- Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2006). Die Mineralien von Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 27-68. (in German)
- S. Weiß (2006). Komplette Mineralliste des Grubenreviers Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 72-73. (in German)
- Favreau, G., Dietrich, J. E., Meisser, N., Brugger, J., Ait Haddouch, L. & Maacha, L. (2007): Bou Azzer, Morocco. Mineralogical Record 38, 345-407. [basically the English version of the Lapis special issue from 2007]
- Favreau, G., Meisser, N., Kampf, A., Devouard, B., Parodi, G.C. (2007): Descriptions complémentaires des minéraux du district de Bou Azzer (2001-2007). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, 2/2007, 3-96.
- Ahmed Hassan Ahmed, Shoji Arai, and Moha Ikenne (2009): Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the Co-Ni Arsenide Ores of Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Economic Geology 104, 249-266.
- Praszkier, T. (2010): Mineralogische Bonanzas - die Funde der letzten beiden Jahre in Bou Azzer, Marokko. Mineralien-Welt 21 (2), 68-77.

External Links

http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-81866.html

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Actinolite Adamite var: Alumino Adamite var: Cuprian Adamite Agardite-(Ce) Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Allargentum Alloclasite 'Amphibole Group' Andradite Anglesite Annabergite var: Cobaltoan Magnesian Annabergite var: Magnesian Annabergite 'Annabergite-Erythrite Series' Antigorite 'Apatite' Aragonite Argentopyrite ? Argyrodite Arhbarite (TL) Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Asbolane Aurichalcite Austinite var: Cobaltoan Austinite var: Cuprian Austinite Awaruite Azurite Bariopharmacosiderite Baryte Bendadaite β-Roselite Beudantite var: Cuprian Beudantite Biotite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bohdanowiczite Bornite Bouazzerite (TL) Brannerite Brochantite Bromargyrite Brookite Cabalzarite Calcite var: Cobaltoan Calcite Carrollite Celestine Cerussite Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chlorargyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chromite Chrysocolla Chrysotile Cinnabar Claudetite Clausthalite Clinoclase 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Clinosafflorite Clinotyrolite

Clinozoisite Cobaltarthurite Cobaltaustinite var: Cuprian Cobaltaustinite Cobaltite Cobaltkoritnigite Cobaltlotharmeyerite var: Manganoan Cobaltlotharmeyerite 'Cobaltoan Arsenopyrite' Conichalcite Connellite Copper Cornubite Cornwallite Covellite Cubanite Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite Cuprobismutite Cyanotrichite Devilline Diaspore Digenite Diopside Dolomite var: Cobaltoan Dolomite Dyscrasite Emplectite Enargite Epidote Epsomite Erythrite Eugenite 'Famatinite-Luzonite Series' Ferrilotharmeyerite var: Cobaltoan Ferrilotharmeyerite Fornacite Freibergite Galena 'Garnet' 'Garnierite' Geminite Gersdorffite Glaucodot Glauconite Godlevskite Goethite Gold var: Electrum var: Palladian Gold Guanacoite Guérinite Gypsum Haidingerite Halite Heazlewoodite Hematite var: Specularite Hemimorphite Hessite Heterogenite Hexahydrite Hibschite 'Hornblende' Hörnesite Hydromagnesite Idaite Irhtemite (TL) Iridium Isomertieite Jordisite

Kaolinite Karibibite Kashinite Keithconnite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Kieftite Köttigite Kotulskite Laurite Lavendulan Leucoxene Limonite Linnaeite Litharge Lizardite Löllingite Maghrebite (TL) Magnesiochromite Magnetite var: Nickeloan Magnetite Malachite Mansfieldite Marcasite Maucherite Mcguinnessite Melanterite Merenskyite Mertieite-I Metanováčekite Metazeunerite Millerite Mimetite Molybdenite var: Rhenian Molybdenite Montmorillonite Moorhouseite Mottramite Népouite Nickelaustinite (TL) Nickeline Nickellotharmeyerite Nickelskutterudite var: Chloanthite Nickeltalmessite (TL) Nováčekite-I Olivenite var: Cobaltoan Olivenite var: Zincian Olivenite Opal Orpiment Osmium Palladseite Pararammelsbergite Parasymplesite var: Cobaltoan Parasymplesite Parnauite Pecoraite Pentlandite Pharmacoalumite Pharmacolite Pharmacosiderite Picropharmacolite 'Pimelite' Polybasite Potarite ? Powellite Prehnite Proustite Pyrargyrite Pyrite var: Bravoite

Pyroaurite Pyrophyllite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Milky Quartz var: Sceptre Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Rammelsbergite Realgar Retgersite Roselite 'Roselite-β' 'Roselite-Wendwilsonite Series' Rutile Safflorite Sainfeldite Sarmientite Schachnerite Schneiderhöhnite Schorl Scorodite Sepiolite 'Serpentine Group' Serpierite Silver Sjögrenite ? Skutterudite Smithsonite Smolianinovite Sperrylite Sphalerite Spherocobaltite Spinel var: Chromspinel Stichtite Strashimirite ? Stromeyerite Sulphur Symplesite Szaibélyite Takovite Talc Talmessite var: Cobaltoan Talmessite var: Nickeloan Talmessite Tennantite Tetra-auricupride Tetrahedrite Titanite Tremolite 'Unnamed (Co Arsenide-Selenide)' Uranospinite Uvarovite Vaesite Valleriite Vanadinite Vladimirite Volynskite ? 'Wad' Walentaite Weilite Wendwilsonite (TL) Wittichenite Wulfenite Wurtzite Xanthoconite Yukonite var: Chromian Yukonite Zálesíite Zeunerite Zincroselite Zunyite

312 entries listed. 231 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Morocco Souss-Massa-Draâ Region Ouarzazate Province Tazenakht Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District) Aghbar Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine) Aghbar open pit Agoudal Agoudal Centre Quarry Agoudal Mines Inguijem Unnamed open pit Aït Ahmane Dolomite outcrop Vein No. 51 Vein No. 52 Vein No. 53 Vein No. 54 Vein No. 56 Vein No. 58 Vein No. 59 Vein No. 61 Ambed Ambed No. 1 Mine Ambed No. 2 Mine

Morocco Souss-Massa-Draâ Region Ouarzazate Province Tazenakht Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District) Ambed Ambed No. 3 Mine Bleida Bleida Far West Mine Bleida Mine Bou Azer Bou Azer East deposit Vein No. 2 Vein No. 5 Vein No. 7 Bouismas Bouismas Mine Ightem Ightem Mine (Irhtem Mine) Limestone quarry Khder "Nickéline" veins Khder Mine Méchoui Méchoui deposit Oumlil Oumlil Mine (incl. Oumlil East Mine) Taghouni Taghouni Mine (Tarouni Mine) Tamdrost Tamdrost Mine (Tamdrhoust Mine; incl. Tamdrost West Mine) Unnamed open pit