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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite 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:944259
Long-form Identifier:1:3:944259:7
GUID (UUID V4):0f02a5d8-8fde-49b7-93b3-d89ba4280fd7
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
33.6km (20.9 miles) Azegour Mine, Azgour (Azegour), Guedmioua Caïdat, Amizmiz Cercle, Al Haouz Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
42.6km (26.4 miles) Tazakourt orebody, Draa Sfar deposit, Al Ouidane Cercle, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
48.4km (30.1 miles) Roc Blanc deposit, Bour Cercle, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
50.7km (31.5 miles) Koudia El Hamra deposit, Bour Cercle, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
57.1km (35.5 miles) Kettara mine, Bour Cercle, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
73.3km (45.5 miles) Zgounder Mine, Jebel Siroua, Askaouen Caïdat, Taliouine Cercle, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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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the BreÂvenne and Somme successions of the French Massif Central; Bodennec and La Porte-aux-Moines in the...the ChaÃteaulin Basin of the French Armorican Massif; Rio Tinto, NevesCorvo, Tharsis, etc., in the Volcano-Sedimentary...Pyrite Belt; and Ketara, Draa Sfar and Hajar in the Jebilet-Guemassa district of the Moroccan Southern Meseta...event from Late Devonian in France to Dinantian in Morocco, it is nevertheless possible to de®ne an overall...Hercynian belt, whereas that of the northeastern Massif Central occurred within the inner zone of the belt
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Hajjar Regional Transpressive Shear Zone (Guemassa Massif, Morocco): Consequences on the Deformation of the...Moulay Ismaïl de Meknès, B.P. 11201 Zitoune Meknès, Morocco; badra_lakhlifi@yahoo.fr (L.B.) Institut des Sciences...MANAGEM, Twin center, Tour A, BP 5199, Casablanca, Morocco; M.OUTHOUNJITE@managemgroup.com (M.O.); A.KHALIFA@managemgroup...hosted within the Moroccan Hercynian Jebilet and Guemassa Massifs is still under debate. No consensus currently...that all Hercynian massive sulfide deposits in Morocco are deformed, even though 3D structural mapping
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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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Hercynian Draa Sfar Zn–Pb–Cu massive sulphide deposit, Morocco A. Belkabir a,⁎, H.L. Gibson b , E. Marcoux c ...P. 549, Av. Abdelk. Khattabi, Marrakech, 40000 Morocco Mineral Exploration Research Centre, Department... New Brunswick, Canada E3B 5A3 e Mine Draa Sfar, Marrakech, Morocco Received 4 April 2006; accepted 3...Zn–Pb–Cu deposit located 15 km north of Marrakesh within the Jebilet massif of the western Moroccan Meseta. The...that hosts other massive sulphide deposits (e.g., Hajar, Kettara) within the dominantly siliciclastic sedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
environment of the Draa Sfar massive sulfide deposit, Morocco C. Moreno & R. Sáez & F. González & G. Almodóvar...de Géologie, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco S. Rziki : A. Bajddi Compagnie minière des Guemmassa...Guemmassa (CMG)/Managem/ONA, Marrakech, Morocco below the sediment–water interface. Geochemical data suggest...sulfide deposits . Black shales . Biostratigraphy . Morocco Introduction The Late Paleozoic was especially...Variscan Belt (Lescuyer et al. 1998), but globally elsewhere (Goodfellow et al. 1993). Indeed, this time
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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...chloritization, and carbonatization. Chlorite and arsenopyrite geothermometry suggest mean temperatures of...Ayyad University, B.P. 2390, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco 2 Laboratoire des Gîtes Minéraux, Hydrogéologie
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east-west and 2,000 km north-south. This is a vast region with an array of geologic terranes composed of...The geology and mineral resources of this vast region have been thought about and studied for thousands...critical introduction to the mineral endowment of the region. One of the most valuable papers in the book, for...deposits in the region. The first part of this paper is a synthesis of geologic data for the region obtained...Neoproterozoic Tuareg Shield; the Neoproterozoic Tibesti massif; the Neoarchean and Neoproterozoic Uweinat-Kamil
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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rocks. Gold mineralization comprises quartz-arsenopyrite veins (Sukhaybarat East), quartz-carbonate-pyrite...deposit is dominated by quartz-carbonate-sericite-arsenopyrite assemblages. Zircon from ore-hosting tonalite...of western Saudi Arabia (modified after Nehlig et al. 2002; Johnson and Woldenhaimanot 2003; Stern and...major gold deposits as follows: (1) Hamdah, (2) Al Hajar & Jadmah, (3) Mahd ad Dhahab, (4) Jabal Shayban...(6) Sukhaybarat and Red Hill, (7) Ash Shaba, (8) Al Amar, (9) Ad Duwayhi, (10) Um Matierah, (11) Ar Rjum
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study of galena in the Upper-Moulouya District (Morocco) Received: 5 March 1997 / Accepted: 22 September...one formed by the leaching of the Aouli granite massif, and the other by leaching of the Saharian basement...Terre, Faculte des Sciences, Rabat, Morocco Introduction Morocco has been the most important lead producer...contains one of the largest concentrations of lead in Morocco, with a total output of more than one million metric...hand, many authors (e.g., Stanton 1972; Rickard et al. 1979) suggest that these two types of deposits are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
report the first Re-Os data on gold-associated arsenopyrite from mesothermal gold-quartz veins in the ancient...geographic map, as well as the oldest geologic and mine map. The Fawakhir–El Sid district is part of a regional...the mineralized quartz veins includes pyrite-arsenopyrite-pyrrhotite-sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite-electrum...versus 187Os/188Os regression on 5 points of arsenopyrite gives an age of 601 ± 17 Ma with an initial...attest to a largely untapped gold potential in this region. Exploration targeting requires an understanding
Report (issue)
France d’Outre-Mer CAMP Central Atlantic Magmatic Province CGIAR-CSI Consultative Group on International...Reserves Committee (Australasian) LIP Large Igneous Province LOR Lower limit of reporting LREE Light rare-earth...the nature of the Mesoarchean volcanism in this region of Mauritania. The Rgueïbat Shield in northwestern...gneisses are probably about 3,200 Ma in age. This region is interpreted as the dismembered and reworked...the region. Due to the clear potential for the discovery of orogenic gold deposits in the region, the
Report (issue)
France d’Outre-Mer CAMP Central Atlantic Magmatic Province CGIAR-CSI Consultative Group on International...Reserves Committee (Australasian) LIP Large Igneous Province LOR Lower limit of reporting LREE Light rare-earth...the nature of the Mesoarchean volcanism in this region of Mauritania. The Rgueïbat Shield in northwestern...gneisses are probably about 3,200 Ma in age. This region is interpreted as the dismembered and reworked...the region. Due to the clear potential for the discovery of orogenic gold deposits in the region, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
around the mine area, and petrographic and isotopic studies on samples from both the mine area and the...comparing mineral assemblages in the Guelb Moghrein mine area, particularly the coarse-grained amphibolites...African craton during the Variscan orogeny (Lécorché et al., 1989). The Mauritanides in the Akjoujt area contain...mineralization event at Guelb Moghrein (Meyer et al., 2006) establishes a minimum age of early Paleoproterozoic...15 40 Sand/alluvial cover 20 30 60 2184000N Hajar Dekhen 70 33 Guelb Moghrein 20 25 26 35 30
Book (edition)
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
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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
Report (issue)
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...manganese; Guinea for bauxite; Madagascar for graphite; Morocco for barite;. Namibia for quartz crystal; South...manufacturing is occurring, such a!i in South Africa and Morocco. In many cases, the production of minerals is the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fractionation was indeed sulphur undersaturated in the province, as the present investigation strongly suggests...authors’ opinion every layered igneous complex in the province that has reached sulphur saturation during fractionation...fractionation in the Palaeogene North Atlantic Igneous Province References 1. Momme P. Flood basalt generation...throughout the Palaeogene North Atlantic Igneous Province. The complexes in this area have been investigated...processes. The abundance of PGE throughout the province indicates that particularly favourable conditions
Book
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
Book (volume)
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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Gold Project (VGP) is located in the west-central region of the island of Newfoundland and encompasses four...CANADA: PETROLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE Ihsan Al-Aasm1, Richard Crowe2, Marco Tortola1 1 University...impedance contrasts within the Metropolitan Vancouver region using the improved geodatabase and geostatistical...the BF exposed along the western margin of the Hajar Mountains in the UAE may have stored an estimated...SEDIMENTATION IN THE CHAMPLAIN SEA BASIN, OTTAWA, CANADA Omar Al-Mufti1, William Arnott1, Marc Hinton2, Sam Alpay2
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from Ka–sha–n (including an essay on the cobalt mine at Qamsar by Thomas Stöllner). 510 49 Andreas...Iran) as well as Susa (SW of Iran) and Luristan province in the west of the country. These and many other...prehistoric period, from the seventh millennium BC (Hole et al. 1969) down to the first millennium BC (Towhidi &...Kosh dated to the 7th millennium BC in Khuzestan province to current archaeological 2 excavations in various...millennium BC copper was used almost pure in that region, but during the first half and middle of the third
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VI Contents Uranium speciation in two Freital mine tailing samples: EXAFS, µ-XRD, andµXRF results Andreas...leacbate after the ISL mining closure Alexander Rosh al, Dan Kuznetsov ....................................on a carbonate containing soil in the Mendoza province of Argentina Juan Pablo Bonetto, Silvia Lopez..... 3 17 Passive Biological Treatment Systems of Mine Waters at WISMUT Sites Annette Kiichler, Gunter...metals, arsenic and uranium from model solutions and mine drainage waters Gunnar Horak, Christian Lorenz,
 
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