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Gypsum from
Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour mining district, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Habit:crusts, small crystals
Colour:colorless
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour mining district, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:680881
Long-form Identifier:1:3:680881:5
GUID (UUID V4):dd55cdb3-2545-4c73-b9ed-7cd33897c8f1
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
19.6km (12.2 miles) Agoulzi Mine, Bou Skour mining district, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
60.0km (37.3 miles) Ightem Mine (Irhtem Mine), Ightem, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
72.8km (45.2 miles) Bou Azzer East deposit, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
73.0km (45.3 miles) Bou Azzer Vein No. 2, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
74.0km (46.0 miles) Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
.. Asni Azegour • • Beni-Tajjite Blefda · · • Bou Azz.er .- = ~ - -· . :· .. :·· -: ::·:<.: SB...·. :} 68 · - 72· - ·: ·:. ,-i s ·:_· · : Bou Skour · EI Hammam Ghar el Anz Gourrama Haute Moulouya...ALGERIEN ouit -Ag-Cu) 200 Ion erwertung N (Au) Bou Azzer (Co-Ni-As-Au-Ag) A 100 km D D proterozoisches...marokkanischen ses Buches die äußerst mineralreiche Region in Nordafrika nicht wiedergeben. Mineralien aus...freundlicher junger Mann eine schönen Auswahl von Bou Azzer-Mineralstufen an. 12 Prachtvoll anzusehen
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organisations, 81-30 = Lurgi provides modern mining technology Seas = : = ~~ === based on 100... convert, refine and treat whatever you want to mine. From the initial evaluation and planning to the...plants, Lurgi covers the full spectrum of modern mining technology. If you would like further details,...Lebanon 29 31 8 Libya 32 35 9 10 Mauritania Morocco 11 12 Saudi Arabia Somalia 13. Sudan 9 36...branch of the Process Industries, from tin mining production, you can benefit from reading International
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.................... 211 by Richard V. Gaines Morocco M ineralogy......................................on a label when additional details (such as mine, district or county) are easily obtained. Unlike chem­...this esti­ mate, for the great Michigan copper district has pro­ duced 5,400,000 tons of copper having...that the first exploration of the Lake Superior region was undertaken by the United States Government...Gen. Walter Cunningham, the U.S. mineral agent, to mine the section of land on which the boulder rested
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Victoria. 3207 A BS TRA C T The small Dome Rock copper mine in South Australia cont ams an unusually wide variety...production from the mine appears to be that annou nced in the South A ustralian Mining Review (No. 28, 1...e w f i n d near the Dome Rock, North-Eastern District". O n e presumes t h at t h i s was h a n d ­...took over the m i ne in 1 92 1 , and in a later Mining Review (No. 36, 1 9 2 2), i t was reported t h...employed for part of the time of the development of the mine. Several shafts were sunk, three to a depth of about
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarho, Ourzazate, Morocco, have the composition (Yt...occurring as an intergrowth with djurleite at the Ani mine, Akita, Japan, in prismatic or platy crystals closely...graftonite, as red-brown crystals from San Luis Province, Argentina, at Los Aleros, Amanda, and San Salvador...on a few specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona. Named for its discoverer...lead-grey aggregates from the North Lily mine, East Tintic district, Utah; orthorhombic. Named for P. Billingsley
Catalog/List
94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...'hite hairs on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless...in fissure cavity in gneiss. 109 AGARDITE, Bou Skour, Morocco. Pale blue acicular crystals on goethite
Report (issue)
Dra, de même que les aflleurements monoclinaux de Bou Zrazer et de l'oued Besibissa, dont les couches ont...récifaux qui caractérisent cet étage dans le Tafilalet. DÉVONIEN SUPÉRIEUR Le Dévonien supérieur est...congloméraliqnes semblables dès la zone V (Dfeil, Bou Zrazcr) et c'est pourquoi nous le eonsidérons connue...pentagonus. Composila gr. strunicnsis. crinoïdes, an Bou Zrazcr, cl C!!maclymenia sp., Lobotornoccras dcfrpinei...d"Jo:LruPtlll.g~ n1oins épnisst•~ qu"it J)kil et au Bou Zra/.(•r, ont" aussi un faL·ic··~ n1anu·11x e t 11011
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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...terms of regional metallogeny and potential future mining activity. The lead paper, by M. Bouabdellah and...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
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the description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright...Agardite (Cotype) BM 1978,00024 Bou Skour mine, Bou Azzer, Jbel Sarho, Morocco J.E. Dietrich, M. Orliac &...199. Apachite (Cotype) BM 1980, 00532 Christmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA F.P. Cesbron & S.A. Williams
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d a Hill, T a n za n ia • ref: • Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T aiw an • 4x5 $ 5 0 .0 0 , 2x3 $ 2 0...Paul B. Moore "The History of Colombian Emerald Mining" by Tomas Feininger "Second Occurrence of Benstonite"...scapolite) Russell, New York (danburite) Silver District, Yuma County, Arizona (vanadinite) Trumbull, Connecticut...undescribed new ones. His tabulation includes the mine or mines in which the mineral ap­ peared, and is...6% muscovite, and Foote Mineral Company spodumene mine, Kings 1% other minerals. The quartz has an unusual
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with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...(only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection Introduction...Steve Mas]ansky Dale Armstrong Bill Besse Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum Paul & Barbara Matt Lauren...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange
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just recently and we have made ar­ rangements to mine all that may be in the deposit. At the present we...New Jersey Photomicrograph of gypsum crystals from the Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon County, Pennsyl­ vania... Winthrop was active in the development of the mining industry in both Massachusetts and Connecticut...Connecticut, and brought about the first commercial iron mining and smelting operation in this country at Saugus...long time after, there was also a thriving iron mining and iron smelting industry in Mas­ sachusetts and
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On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
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Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....often obtained by individual prospectors by placer mining. It is found along the mountain ranges of the western...areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange...Localities. Lead is found in Sweden at the Harstig mine, Pajsberg; from the gold placers of the Ural Mountains...several localities in Chile, and from the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan; also from Lake Superior
Book (edition)
(top, right) vanadinite, Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center)...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©... Mohs’ scale reads as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite 6 7 8 9 10 Orthoclase...(1) to hardest (10). The scale is: (1) talc, (2) gypsum, (3) calcite, (4) fluorite, (5) apatite, (6) orthoclase
Book (edition)
(top. 1ight) vanadinite, Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center)...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...this scale. Mohs' scale reads as follows: I Talc 2 Gypsum 3 Calcite 4 Fluorite 5 Apatite 6 7 8 9 10 Orthoclase...(1) to hardest (10). The scale is: (1) talc, (2) gypsum, (3) calcite, (4) fluorite, (5) apatite, (6) orthoclase...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely
Book (edition)
Bulgaria, G SphaJerite. xx 12 mm, Morococha, Peru, H Gypsum, xx 40 mm, Las Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...ability of an opaque mineral to reflect the light gypsum. 3 - calcite, 4 - fluorite, 5 - apatite, 6 - ortho-...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g.
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underground workings. Put one to work in your own mine, and compare these outstanding Gardner-Denver advantages:...punching a hole into a West Virginia hill—for punch mining a 5’ to 7’ coal seam. Note that the operator gets...“impossibles’’—with the ““man in the seat’ in full charge! MINING WORLD GRAB SAMPLES From a Grateful Librarian...adit and crusher on the Storke Level of the Climax mine was determined fast and efficiently by use of a...has cut truck haulage costs in half, and increased Mine procgeuaetO oss és ois e sea sey sea eee ee Diamond
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In the shafts and tunnels of a sixteenth-century mine INTRODUCTION arabic^groffcvinditaris.f} norrafludd9...sulphides and as the complex anion (S04)2in sulphates. Gypsum, CaS04.2H20, and its close relative anhydrite,...sul¬ phides that you will meet frequently outside mining areas are those of iron, namely pyrite, FeS2, and...want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...especially copper and silver); wedge-shaped (as in gypsum); spear-shaped (as in descloizite). Many minerals
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Reference Mineral Description and Feel 1 Tale 2 3 Gypsum Calcite 4 5 6 Fluorite Apatite Orthoclase a...fingers Scratched easily with the fingernail, as gypsum Just scratched by a copper coin, but not normally...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...id ohlane nerwiplapinion) & Ncense cneeriooet BOU ; ESIMS.. REMMI MG + tanad i MPL -HleY seep...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver
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and as the complex anion (SO4)?— in sulphates. Gypsum, CaSO,.2H,O, close relative anhydrite, CaSO,...metal and sulphur in a variety frequently phides mining that of structures, covalent than will you...want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...especially copper and silver); wedge-shaped (as in gypsum); spear-shaped (as in descloizite). minerals Many...in in this system, form platy crystals, while gypsum forms shapes or long prisms. Pyroxenes and
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K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
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