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Bornite from
Bleida Mine, Bleida Mines, Tinzouline Caïdat, Zagora Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz5 photos of Bornite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Gold2 photos of Bornite associated with Gold at this locality.
Malachite2 photos of Bornite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bleida Mine, Bleida Mines, Tinzouline Caïdat, Zagora Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:49550
Long-form Identifier:1:3:49550:9
GUID (UUID V4):34b4876b-cb98-4f7c-9f55-1a703a71da49
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
6.5km (4.0 miles) Bleida Far West Mine, Bleida Mines, Tinzouline Caïdat, Zagora Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
65.6km (40.7 miles) Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour mining district, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco): The Late Triassic Central Atlantic Magmatic Province Event Mohammed Ouchchen...of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco): The Late Triassic Central Atlantic Magmatic Province Event. Minerals 2023...Sciences, Ibnou Zohr University, Agadir 80000, Morocco Department of Geology, DLGR Laboratory, Faculty...Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech 40000, Morocco MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Center—Sedimentary...Paleozoic sedimentary cover of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco) is continually being revised not only to improve
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Continental Marginof UpperProterozoic Age' Bleida (Anti-Atlas,Morocco) •[ARC LEBLANC AND PIERRE BILLAUD Abstract...the northernedgeof the West African craton,the Bleida orebodiesare locatedon an inactivecontinentalmargin...Proterozoic age. The copperdeposits (chalcopyrite, bornite,pyrite) are stratiformdistal massivesulfidedeposits...tinized peridotites derived from the uppermantle,500 Morocco;Bouchtaet al., 1977). Originally worked Introduction...1975, 1976). The Bleidadepositsare part of the Bleida-Tachdamt zoneof continentalmargin-typedeposits
Report (issue)
and recommendations for the cobalt mission to Morocco sponsored by The Trade and Development Program...and Development Program and the Government of Morocco This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed............................ 16 EVALUATION OF THE BLEIDA AREA ........................................ 18....................................... 18 SIROUA REGION COBALT OCCURRENCES ..............................ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Index map of areas visited showing Morocco.................. 2a 2. Generalized setting of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Xizang(Tibet) autonomous region,Zhongtiaoshan of Shanxiprovince,Daye of Hubei province,Tonglingof Anhuiprovince...Dexing in Jiangxiprovince, Yulongof Xizangautonomous region,Zhongtiaoshanvalleysuture.The nucleusof the Chinaplate...in Hubei province,Tong- the Precambrian basement. The Tianshan-Inner ling in Anhui province,and Dongchuanin...melangeare four million tons to 1.5 billion tons. One new mine present. about 50 miles away from Baiyin has a proven...regionis probably ore (Brady, 1981). In the Tongling region, the located along the Chinese continentalmargin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystallized bornite speci­ mens from two new occurrences seems noteworthy. 5 4 Crystallography BORNITE CRYSTALS...CRYSTALS from Morocco and the USSR CART. \ . FRANCIS Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge...Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Bornite belongs to hexoctahedral class (4/m 3 2/m) of the isometric crystal...introductory mineralogy textbooks, are the only ones that bornite can assume, either alone or in combination. Typically...forms have not yet been observed on bornite crystals. Moroccan Bornite At the 1985 Munich mineral show,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proterozoic age (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). The copper sulphides (chalcocite, bornite with accessory chalcopyrite...Pr6cambrien. Les sulfures de cuivre (chalcocite, bornite avec accessoirement chalcopyrite et pyrite) et...une province cuprifkre (Saadi 1968; Bouchta et al. 1977) qui comprend les areas sulfurts de Bleida (200...trouve des vacuoles ~t 6pidote-chlorite-quartz avec bornite et chalcocite, des taches de chalcocite dans des...des imprtgnations de chalcopyrite, chalcocite, bornite dans des zones failltes et broytes ~t filonnets
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chromian spinels from the Bou-Azzer mining district (Morocco): Constraints on their relationship with the mineralizing...Ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal vent Bou-Azzer mining district Morocco a b s t r a c t The Co–Ni arsenides from the Bou-Azzer...different deposits (Aghbar, Tamdrost and Aït-Ahmane mines) were studied focusing on the alteration patterns...hosted by skutterudite (CoAs3), all them from Aghbar mine. Chromian spinels from Tamdrost and Aït-Ahmane ores...volcano-sedimentary massive sulphide deposits (e.g. the Bleida deposit). In contrast, Co cannot be upgraded up
Book (edition)
Inclusions of roquesite (greenish grey) in massive bornite (violet grey); one grain is cross-cut by a crack...occasionally the case). Left: Reflection colours of bornite (brown), chalcocite (blue), and pyrite (creme)...by various Cu-Fe-S-phases (e.g., chalcopyrite bornite, cubanite, and others) in a bi-directional redox...fluids being involved; rather, chalcopyrite or bornite grains adjacent to the sphalerite directly act...matrix (light yellow). Right (second from bottom): Bornite (violet grey) and chalcopyrite (yellow) act as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks in the Sardala area, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China [1]. It has since been reported from various...also found in ore[11,12]; at the and Kerr-Addison mine, ophiolitic ON, Canada [15]; Itabira district,[13]...the Kerr-Addison mine, ON, Canada Gerais, Brazil [16]; the Bleida Far West mine, Morocco [17]; the Sieroszowice...Sieroszowice mine, Poland [18]; and in [15]; in thewith Itabira district, Minas Gerais, Brazil [16];complex...[16];complex, the Bleida Far West mine, [17]; and the association Cu–Ni sulfide deposits of the Noril’sk Krasnoyarskiy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to an Upper ProterozoicOphiolite: Bou Azzer (Morocco) MARC LEBLANC CentreGeologique et Geophysique...France AND PIERRE BILLAUD Mine de Bou Azzer, C.T.T., Marrakech, Morocco Abstract The Bou Azzer cobaltdeposits...districtis the mostimportant one of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco).Worked since 1950, it has produced to date more...metamorphicaureoleof a COBALTARSENIDEOREBODIES,MOROCCO basicdike on the continentalmargin (Clauer, 1976)...chromite-and sulfide-richhorizonwith chalcopyrite, bornite,Co pentlandite,linnaeite,and millerite may be observedlocally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
West, Bou Azzer–El Graara Inlier, Anti-Atlas, Morocco Received: 20 December 2005 / Accepted: 12 June...group minerals . Bleïda Far West . Anti-Atlas . Morocco Introduction Editorial handling: B. Lehmann M...of Geology, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco e-mail: must_elghorfi@yahoo.fr V. Lüders Geoforschungszentrum...Fassi, Marrakech, Morocco The Bou Azzer–El Graara inlier of the Anti-Atlas in Morocco is well-known for...mineralization some 7 km NW of the former Bleïda copper mine. Managem, a subsidiary of the ONA group, intends
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DIASPORE MINERALIZATION AT CHOUICHIAT, ANTI-ATLAS, MOROCCO Samia H. BERRADA§ and Abdelhay BELKABIR Département...Université Cadi Ayyad, B.P. 549, Marrakech 40 000, Morocco Eric MARCOUX Département des Sciences de la Terre...the Bou Azzer – El Graara (Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco), outcrops as a discontinuous whitish ridge 10...hydrothermal activity, shear zone, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Sommaire La structure hyperalumineuse de Chouichiat...Deposits of pyrophyllite are known to occur in Morocco, in the High Atlas (Aït Azegrouz) and in the Oriental
Report (issue)
AUME DU M A ROC MINISTERE DE L'ENER(;IE ET DES MINES DIRECTION DE LA GEOLOGIE NOTES ET MEMOIRES DU SERVICE... ROYAUME DU MAROC MINISTERE DE L'ENERGIE ET DES MINES DIRECTION DE LA GEOLOGIE NOTES ET MEMOIRES DU SERVICE...Fuster sur les vulcanites du Rif nord-oriental (province volcanique de la Guelaya), dont l'un représente...moyen, des gneiss à grain fin, etc ... Dans la region, il y a des migmatites homogènes et hétérogènes...central) et les spilites dans El-Graara oriental Œl-Bleida et Skouraz) et central, de même qu'au jbel Oumarou
Book
convert, refine and treat whatever you want to mine. From the initial evaluation and planning to the...Lebanon 29 31 8 Libya 32 35 9 10 Mauritania Morocco 11 12 Saudi Arabia Somalia 13. Sudan 9 36...the so-called King Solomon's mines are nothing but an ancient copper mine exploited by the ancient Egyptians...Emirate Republic Kuwait Beirut Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman* Republic Republic Kingdom Sultanate Tarablus...important in locating mineral deposits. Every gold mine presently known in Egypt was operated thousands
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of the Sirwa Window, Anti-Atlas Orogen, Morocco R.J. Thomas a,*, L.P. Chevallier a, P.G. Gresse...Sirwa Window of the Anti-Atlas Orogen of Morocco. The region includes the northern edge of the Palaeoproterozoic...Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Morocco; Anti-Atlas; Sirwa; Pan-African; Eburnean 1. Introduction...behind (SE of) the High Atlas mountain range in Morocco (Fig. 1). The inliers form a lower, sub-parallel...auspices of DG-MEM (Direction de la Géologie et des Mines) geological mapping contracts with the Council for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contactbetween Serpentinite and Quartz Diorite (Bou Azzer, Morocco) MARC LEBLANC Centre Gdol•gique etGdophysique...Casablanca,Morocco Abstract The newly discoveredsilver mineralizationof Bou Azzer (Anti-Atlas,Morocco) is located...(Leblanc, 1981a) is loIn the Bou Azzer district(Morocco)the location catedin the centralpart of the Anti-AtlasMountains...investigatedsilvermineralizationof Bou Azzer. BOU AZZER, MOROCCO: Ag MINERALIZATION 13 81 up to 500 g/metricton...thebordersof the magnetitegrains(Besson BOUAZZER, MOROCCO: AgMINERALIZATION 1383 FIG.3. Structural sketch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
their modes of occurrence in ores of the Noril’sk region, both with the objective of determining the geological...mineral deposits and occurrences of the Noril’sk region. Editorial handling: C. Li Electronic supplementary...ore types The PGE–Cu–Ni deposits of the Noril’sk region are confined to the mesocratic differentiated intrusions...deposit in the Kharaelakh intrusion (Fig. 3). Five mines exploit ores of the Talnakh junction: the Mayak...Mayak, Komsomolsk, Oktyabrsk, Taymyr and Scalisty mines. Disseminated ore of the Noril’sk I intrusion is mined
Book
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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marokkanischen ses Buches die äußerst mineralreiche Region in Nordafrika nicht wiedergeben. Mineralien aus...r, al so wieder zurück zur Hauptstraße. Nahe der Mine von Guemassa können wir im Gelände noch kleine Achatkugeln...jedoch weder etwas über die aktuelle Situation der Mine in Erfahrung bringen noch irgendwelche Mineralien...müssten, der uns dann die Mineraliensammlung der Mine zeigen würde. , der Mineralienjagd und lässt durchblicken...nicht anzutreffen ist, fahren wir weiter Richtung Zagora, wo an einem Tagebau Belegstücke von Erythrin aufgesammelt
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1-Ioggar . . . . . . Eglab, Yetti and Reguibat. Morocco . . . . . . . . . Niauritania and Spanish Sahara... Sketch 1nap of Rio de Oro-Reguibat-Dra-South Morocco. T,vo sections through the Dutch coal mining district...Western Desert of Egypt, Libya, Algeria and South Morocco. The data on the Western Desert, Libya and South...age determinations exist of the Pre-Cambrian in Morocco as a whole. Here, too, great variations in age...volconics Geosynclinol metosedimenls Gebel Mountain Mine ; 0 Mb Marble 25 km 25° ',......, --'- 24°
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluidsand the spatialdistributionof gangueand alzone (bornite-pyrite-tennantite-tetrahedrite), per- terationminerals...Mountains,Yukon (Mortensenand Godwin, 1982); Bleida, Morocco western Brooks Range, Alaska: Unpub. M.Sc...marginof upperProterozoicage:Bleida (Anti-Atlas,Morocco):ECON.GEOL.,v. 73, p. 1101-1111. Mookherjee,A.
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Cedex, France J. C. McGLYNN Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Geological Survey of Canada, 588...115 XI11 Canadian Shield: southern Superior Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Chapter 9 . ARCHAEAN BASIN EVOLUTION IN THE SLAVE PROVINCE, CANADA John B. Henderson 213 Abstract . . . ... . . . . . . . . . XIV The Slave Structural Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . Evidence of plate tectonics in t h e Slave Province during t h e Archaean . . . . . . . . Acknowledgements
Report (issue)
-OV^^ ^°-^^. ^.'-.To' -0' ICJ 8930 Bureau of Mines Information Circular/1983 Copper Availability—...INTERIOR William P. Ciark, Secretary BUREAU OF MINES Robert C. Horton, Director As the Nation's principal...and trade. of Mines): TN^2954J4" countires. 8930) United States. Bureau of Mines. Bureau economy...availability of nonfiiel minerals, the Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability Program identifies, collects...information on producing, developing, and explored mines and deposits and mineral processing plants worldwide
Journal (issue)
Number Five Famous mineral localities: Bou Azzer, Morocco _______________________ avrea r gger Ait y ietrich...COVER ER THRITE crystal, 3 mm, from Bou Azzer, Morocco. G. Favreau collection; Robert Vernet photo. The...showing early mining methods, a case of antique mine lamps, worldwide uranium and rare earth ores, gold... e tem er cto er Calcite, 24.1 cm, Verchniy mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia. Jeff Scovil photo. Famous...well-mineralized region thereabouts. The Bou Azzer mining district encompasses many distinct mines, of which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
veins locally show pyrite, galena, or chalcopyrite-bornite-chalcocite (Pardee and Park, 1948). Native Au commonly...distributed (Platten and Dominy, 2009). The Dolaucothi Au mines in southern Wales occur in late Ordovician to early...Cornwall and Devon, which host the most important Sn province of Europe, and the Brabant Massif, host only subordinate...late fluorite (Zachariáš and Hübst, 2012). 2.7 Morocco and Variscan Massifs within the Alpine belt The...(Burkhard et al., 2006; Michard et al., 2010). In Morocco and adjacent areas, there are three types of Paleozoic
 
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