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Andalusite from
Hajar Mine, Guemassa Massif, Aghouatim-Tidrara Caïdat, Tahannaout Cercle, Al Haouz Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hajar Mine, Guemassa Massif, Aghouatim-Tidrara Caïdat, Tahannaout Cercle, Al Haouz Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1517320
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1517320:3
GUID (UUID V4):263f5dcc-337e-4c39-980d-8fc481af4548
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
48.4km (30.1 miles) Roc Blanc deposit, Bour Cercle, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
61.0km (37.9 miles) Sidi Bou Othmane, Jebilet Mtn (Djebilet Mtn), Sidi Bou Othmane Cercle, Rehamna Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
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Pb-Zn Mineralization in the Western Meseta of Morocco YASUSHI WATANABE † Institute for Geo-Resources...305-8567 Japan Abstract The Meseta domain of Morocco is located on the southern margin of the late Paleozoic...from a representative massive sulfide deposit at Hajar (1.5 Mt Zn, 0.45 Mt Pb, 0.11 Mt Cu, and 900 t Ag)...weighted mean age of hydrothermal biotite of the Hajar deposit is 300.9 ± 2.6 Ma (2σ uncertainty), identical...indicate that the biotite and illite alteration of the Hajar deposit formed almost simultaneously at 304 to 300
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Cadi Ayyad University, BP. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco British Geological Survey, The Lyell Centre Research...es Managem Group, BP. 5199, Casablanca 20100, Morocco; A.OUTIGUA@managemgroup.com (A.O.); a.ouadjou@managemgroup...southern Meseta where this belt continues into Morocco (Figure 1) [16]. Among these deposits the Kettara...Geology Geology of of the the Jebilet Jebilet Massif Massif in in the the framework framework of of the...Variscan of Morocco (modified fromand [28]), and (c) Africa, (b) of the Variscan Belt Belt of Morocco (modified
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of Earth Sciences Mohammed Ist University Oujda Morocco ISSN 2365-0559 Mineral Resource Reviews ISBN 978-3-319-31731-1...data on diverse types of metallic deposits in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Egypt, Sudan...the setting and origin of major deposits in the region, together with information on tonnages and grades...lead-zinc-silver deposits of the Tighza district of Morocco, proposing links to granite-related porphyry and...Zgounder epithermal silver-mercury deposit of Morocco, providing evidence for a genetic tie to Neoproterozoic
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ARTICLE The Roc Blanc orogenic Pb-Zn-Ag-Au deposit (Morocco): a product of metamorphic dehydration and CO2...devolatilization during exhumation of the Variscan Jebilet massif Amel El Arbaoui 1 & Mohammed Bouabdellah 2 & Amina...vein system in the Variscan Central Jebilet massif, Morocco, is confined within the contact metamorphic...Ayyad University, B.P. 2390, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco 2 Laboratoire des Gîtes Minéraux, Hydrogéologie...Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, 60000 Oujda, Morocco 3 Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität
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Courtesy M. Ihmadi (Ihmadi Trilobite Center, Alnif, Morocco) André Michard · Omar Saddiqi · Ahmed Chalouan...(Eds.) Continental Evolution: The Geology of Morocco Structure, Stratigraphy, and Tectonics of the ...Faculty of Sciences B.P. 5366 Maârif Casablanca Morocco o.saddiqi@fsac.ac ma Prof. Dr. Ahmed Chalouan...University avenue Ibn Batouta Rabat B.P. 1014 Morocco chalouan@fsr.ac.ma Prof. Dr. Dominique Frizon...including the major Pan-African and Variscan cycles, Morocco has always been characterized by intense mining
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France d’Outre-Mer CAMP Central Atlantic Magmatic Province CGIAR-CSI Consultative Group on International...Reserves Committee (Australasian) LIP Large Igneous Province LREE Light rare-earth element METI Ministry...potential. Two other areas at el Mrhader and at el Hajar have indications of potential based on geophysics...Tasiast-Tijirit terrane, Amsaga Complex, Iguilid Massif, Bou Naga alkaline complex and other features discussed...the mineralized veins in the area of the abandoned mine (plant site indicated by rectangle) in the south-west
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France d’Outre-Mer CAMP Central Atlantic Magmatic Province CGIAR-CSI Consultative Group on International...Reserves Committee (Australasian) LIP Large Igneous Province LREE Light rare-earth element METI Ministry...potential. Two other areas at el Mrhader and at el Hajar have indications of potential based on geophysics...Tasiast-Tijirit terrane, Amsaga Complex, Iguilid Massif, Bou Naga alkaline complex and other features discussed...the mineralized veins in the area of the abandoned mine (plant site indicated by rectangle) in the south-west
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cooling ages between 93-102 Ma (Boudier et al. 1985; Montigny et al. 1988; Gnos and Peters 1993). The U-Pb...zircons from plagiogranites in the ophiolite (Triton et al. 1981) range from 93-97 Ma, and thus overlap with...2). The so-called Bulaydah (U_A.E)-Shis (U.A.E)-Hajar (Oman) or Bani Hamid area comprises a 2 km thick...along the north-western and western borders of the Hajar-Shis and Bulaydah areas. Enderbitic compositions...300~ Fig. 2. Simplified map of the Bulaydah-Shis-Hajar (Bani Hamid) metamorphic rocks; a, gravel; b, quartzite
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detachment or an age close to this event (e.g. Montigny et al. 1988). Published ages of Allemann and Peters (1972)...the southeastern end of the ophiolite (Glennie et al. 1973, 1974). The Hawasina nappes consist of Permian...dated as upper Maastrichtian to Tertiary (Glennie et al. 1973, 1974). Introduction The metamorphic sole...association with ophiolites (Coleman 1981; Nicolas et al. i988), a discontinuous or continuous sequence of...,_ bl-kf-?pI-oo-and-pegmatite ,.. northeast of Hajar ,.. >hl-cpx-pI-hem-gneis )hl-cpx-pI-hem-gneis northeast
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97 Mauritania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Morocco and Western Sahara . . . 105 Mozambique . . . ...of diversified experience in mineral exploration, mine design, development, and operations, as well as...Agency for International Development in Sudan and Morocco. He.joined the Bureau in 1991 and covers the mineral...petroleum. Others of importance in world trade were andalusite, antimony, asbestos, bauxite, coal, copper, fluorspar...for graphite; Morocco for barite;. Namibia for quartz crystal; South Africa for andalusite, antimony, asbestos
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péridoti!es. A l'Ouest du M'Ter c'est un assez gros massif de ces roches ultrabasiques qui s'accole aux gneiss...les niveaux triasico-liasiques de la chaîne du Haouz. P. Fallot (1937) considérait les dislocations subies...métamorphiques et ultrabasiques du massif des Beni.Bousera (correspondant au massif gneissique du Jbel : Sidi...dans une no.te en collaboration (Durand-Delga 8c al., 1960-62), donne des conclusions provisoires aux...dou~e. l'origine ultra-rifaine des écailles du Haouz telle qu'elle était envisagée par M. Mattauer (1960)
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basic understanding of the geology of an area or region will never happen without initial observation of...Madeira (Portugal) Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion (France)...(1872) on East Africa, in which the Great Lakes region of central eastern Africa is very poorly figured...other hand it has to be pointed out that Cahen et al. (1984) in their famous and, currently probably most...for similar reasons largely be ignored. Cahen et al. (1984) predict for future stratigraphic investigations
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deals with Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. In great detail the geology, tectonic elements...1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Egypt Libya Algeria Tunisia Morocco TECTONIC FRAMEWORK OF NORTH AFRICA 2 Northeast...Mountains Western High Atlas Argana Basin Souss Basin Haouz Basin 4.7.1 Tectonic history of the Meseta Domain...(Cenomanian-Santonian) of Sinai and the Gulf of Suez region 7.5.2.2 Cenomanian-Santonian of the central Nile...area 8.2.3 Miocene of the Gulf of Suez and Red Sea region 9 Tertiary-Quaternary 9.1 Pliocene-Pleistocene
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The...The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, and Maniema
Journal (issue)
Principles and Processes. 5th Ed. By W. H. Emmons, et al. • Geologie Stratigraphique. 5th Ed. By M. Gignoux...Diffraction Photographs. 2nd Ed. By N. F. M. Henry, et al. . . . . . . . Radioactivation Analysis. Proceedings... 4 Geological map and borehole section for the region to the north and north-west of the Rokell gravity...Geological Survey and elsewhere (Dixey, 1930, Dixey et al., 1937). In these earlier reports they were regarded...non-foliated, biotiteaegirine-foyaites.' (Dixey et al., 1937, p. 6). In the latest account (Bloomfield
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Circum-Atlantic Correlations Terranes within the Iberian Massif: Correlations with West Africa Sequences . . ....were emplaced between 2000 and 1700 Ma (Vachette et al. 1975). These intrusions mark the end of the crustal...studied in Mauritania Adrar (Trompette 1973; Bronner et al. 1980). However, the borders of the basin were tectonized...the Da- homeyide orogen (Affaton 1975; Affaton et al. 1980). Finally, the Bove basin in Guinea (Villeneuve...postulated in South America (Brazilian belt, Lesquer et al. 1984). The Pharusian-Dahomeyide orogens are interpreted
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GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF BADAKHSHAN. The name of this region was well known to Marco Porto who visited « Balaxiam...and the administrative boundary with the Eastern Province (Nuristan). At the Anjuman pass the administrative...Darya near Samti, dividing Badakhshan from the province of Kataghan. Thus bounded, Badakhshan, without...BADAKHSHAN 3 The geographical coordinates of the province of Badakhshan are 35°28’ and 38°20' Lat. north...rivers. The political boundary with the Pamir province of the USSR is along the Pamir river. Lakes are
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the geological and environmental context of the region followed by in depth and colourful descriptions...introduction about the main rock sequences in the region and their environment of deposition and tectonic...desert region including the Liwa sands, the Wahiba Sand Sea in the Sharqiyah region and the Rub al-Khali...written this great book. Muscat, Oman Dr. Mohammed al-Kindy Earth Sciences Consultancy Centre Preface...enigmatic and unknown continents on Earth. The vast Rub al-Khali desert, known as the Empty Quarter, occupying
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bin Said Al Shanfari Minister of Petroleum and Minerals The Speech of H.E. Said Bin Ahmed Al Shanfari...Symposium Your Royal Highness Sayed Fahad Bin Mahmoud al Said, Your Royal Highness Members of the Honourable...Pattern of the Plutonic Sequence of the Salahi Massif (Northern Oman Ophiolite) - A Key to Decipher Successive...Arc System: Petrology of the Horman Peridotite Massif, Japan Takahashi, N. 195 PART II: MAGMATIC ORES...Chromite-Poor Ophiolites: The Oman Case Nicolas, A. and Al Azri, R. 209 231 261 Diamonds: the Oceanic Lithosphere
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............................................. 14 Al Lith belt volcanic and sedimentary rocks, ~850-810................................................ 22 Al Qunnah formation, >745 Ma....................................................................... 22 Al Ays group, <745->700 Ma ........................................................................ 27 Al Amar group, >690 Ma ............................................................................ 35 Al Far granodiorite, ~700 Ma ......................
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Stratigraphic—Paleozoic. 2. Geology—Atlantic Ocean Region. I. Dallmeyer, R. D., 1944— II. Series: Special...units of the Bohemian Massif ............ Josef Chaloupsky Variscan terranes in Morocco... 1.1. eee Alain...ror 7 : 7 i 7 as ’ ’ ee oe ra oF77 y al ’ ee aos aa!ols eene me a ate rm 7 a ae 27...hallengerMts,SGr. Egingwah Grteandesite aris volc(alk) al CLINTOCK OROGENY (452Ma) (Barrovian-type,up to amph...Contribution to the tectonic history of the Innutian Province, Arctic Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
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President INSTITUTE OF APPLIED GEOLOGY Ahmad M. S. Al-Shanti Dean I. A. G. BULLETIN No. 3 EVOLUTION...Proceedings of a Symposium convened by AHMAD M. S. AL-SHANTI Volume 2 Published for the INSTITUTE OF...3). Vol: 2 1. Geology - Near East - Congresses I. Al-Shanti, Ahmed II. Tahoun, SA III. Series 555.6 QE319...plotted on Fig. 1 is taken from the map by Wendt et al. (op. cit.). In the Pan-African basement of Saudi...1972) are now well known (Fig. 2; Bakor et ai, 1976; Al-Shanti and Mitchell, 1976; Garson and Shalaby, 1976);
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middle Paleozoic subduction in the South Armorican Massif (southern Brittany, France) is compared with that...that the deformations recognized in the Armorican Massif are really cogenetic with the phases known in the...localized onshore in Brittany (Armorican Massif) and in the Massif Central (France). However, the conclusive...G, gravity boundary; M, magnetic trend; M. C., Massif Central; O, Oleron Island; S, seismic alignement;...earliest pre-Hercynian events are located in the region of the Vendee, where a post-Ludlovian/pre-Givetian
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W D Museum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Al-Jallal, I A Sandroses Est. for Geological, Geophysical...A C Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia Al-Sharhan, A S United Arab Emirates University, AI-Ain...132 B C Storey ARABIA AND THE GULF / A Al-Jallal, A S Al-Sharhan 140 VA Ramos 153 ASIA Central...Chad, the Central African Republic, the Tibesti Massif in Libya and the western parts of Sudan and Egypt...Zambezi. (Reproduced with permission from Kusky et al., 2003.) The Pan-African system of orogenic belts
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ophiol itic material, to those that contain none at al I. Al I of these varieties of melange relate to the...denoting inferred origin (as favored by Berkland et al. in Paper 4 and Hibbard and Williams in Paper 13)...and many melanges were polykinematic. Berkland et al. (Paper 4) supplied excellent definitions for tectonic...that of Gansser appears acceptable. Only Berkland et al.'s nongenetic usage is acceptable (a usage for which...arc or marginal basin assemblages, and by no means al I pillow basalts in melanges are tholeiitic (abyssal)
 
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