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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Calcite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour mining district, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:346523
Long-form Identifier:1:3:346523:3
GUID (UUID V4):befbbdaf-fb7d-4776-b831-2ebef3ba1554
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
29.2km (18.1 miles) Bou Issarfane (Zone des Dykes), Skoura Caïdat, Ouarzazate Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
54.8km (34.1 miles) Tachgagalt Mine, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
57.9km (36.0 miles) Vein No. 51, Aït Ahmane, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
58.2km (36.1 miles) Agoudal Mines, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
58.2km (36.2 miles) Agoudal Centre Mine, Agoudal Mines, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
58.2km (36.2 miles) Vein No. 52, Aït Ahmane, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
58.2km (36.2 miles) Vein No. 53, Aït Ahmane, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
58.3km (36.2 miles) Agoudal Centre Quarry, Agoudal Mines, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
58.5km (36.3 miles) Inguijem, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
59.4km (36.9 miles) Limestone quarry, Ightem, Tansifte Caïdat, 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...Coimbra, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal Rangefront Mining Services, Lode Metals Corp., Baker City, OR 97814
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
Journal (issue)
.................... 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
Catalog/List
ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...(Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO C264 blue green Morocco) BERZELIANITE...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...DEFERNITE 37 Km east an matrix. l/2ins size (Bou Skour, matrix f7 rich matrix in matrix. lf in matrix...metallic in matrix. Morocco) lem f5 C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3
Catalog/List
vein in banding. GRF. LMI. £6.00 3 APATITE, Etiro Mine, Karibab Disbict, South Africa. Sea blue soild XN...sliver. GRF. SM!. £10.00 11 CASSITERITE, Birch Tor Mine, Dartmoor, Devon. Massive ore. Olab on specimen...STIBICONITE after STIBNITE and STIBNITE, Knipes Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Yellow chalky...VGRF. Ml. .- -£12.00 16 TETRAHEDRrTE, Silver Vein Mine, St Winnow, Cornwall. Glistening bright silvery...£12.00 21 NATIVE COPPER, Trephina Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Golden thin leafy exposed vein
Book
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
Catalog/List
i men. 5x 2£x1-t " , 1:14 . 00 14 . AZURITE . Bou-Skour , - Joel Sa rhrp , ~10 ro cc o. Sh8rp br ight....00 15. AZUR ITE. Kerrouchen , At l as Mts. , Morocco. Sharp deep lus trous blue tabular crystal -t"...50p 1G. BARYTES . l'lib l a dEm , Atlas Mts . , Morocco. Lust rous - creamy to light pinkish agg regates..., £f.i .50p 19 . BOSJEMANITE . Alt e Al uumi he Mine , Uri , Switzerland . Silky creamy-fib rous mass...25p 21. BOUR NONITE . Julcani -i'1ine , Junin Province: Peru. Specimen ~ : Ch oi ce - bright s ilv erygrey
Journal (issue)
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
Report (issue)
. . . . . 109 M JNÉRALOGIE C. GAc-nEFROY : Calcite de la grotte de Goranc près du cap Canl in (Côte...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
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...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
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
Catalog/List
4x31;x1i;", £58.00 8. AZURI TE. Bou Skour , Jb el Sarhro , Morocco . Well formed deep blue crystals...£8.00 11. BARYTES. r~ibl a d Dn, Atlas ~1ts. , Morocco. Sharp lustro us cre8my to pale pinkish clustBrs... and quartz mntrix . 4x2f.." , 1:24 . 00 17 . CALCITE . Height" MinL , wLJordclu , Co. Durh:Jm. Shorp...thickly covering matrix . Jx2-tx2 " , 1:12 . 00 1B . CALCITE. Bigrigg , toJ~st Cumberlond. Sp8cimen {\ : Sharp...Sop ench d~ponding on siz~ 3nd perfection. 19. CALCITE. Palloflot , Wcst Cumberland. Lustrous cre~my small
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
SPRING 1989 ft. We((enj\linera(s Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent "Endsleigh", 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall...5x2-Jx1-J", £8.50. ALLOPHANE/LINARITE. Maid of Sunshine Mine,Cochise Co..Arizona.U.S.A. Highly attractive and... 1-£xl£x1", £8.00. 5- ALSTONITE. Fallowfields Mine,Nr.Hexham,Northumbria. A 2x£" channel developed...1£x£x5/8", £4.00. 13. ANGLESITE. Touissit,Nr.Oujda,Morocco. Choice , transparent slightly cloudy (due to Plumbian...metall:.ic xtls,plus a little clear scalenahedral Calcite in association. Pretty, smaller specimen. 1-Jx-JxJ-"
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jebel Saghro and Bou Azzer—El Graara inliers, eastern and central Anti-Atlas, Morocco Gregory J. Walsh...des Sciences de la Terre, BP 753, Agdal – Rabat, Morocco c United States Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046...U–Pb SHRIMP zircon ages from rocks of the Sirwa, Bou Azzer–El Graara, and Jebel Saghro inliers constrain...followed by ophiolite obduction onto the WAC. In the Bou Azzer–El Graara inlier, calc-alkaline granodiorite...NE–SW for approximately 600 km across central Morocco (Fig. 1) (i.e., Choubert, 1952; Michard et al.
Journal (issue)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near-surface AC environments of oxidation zones or on mine dumps, where elements are highly mobile and a high...the Wittichen area in the RI Schwarzwald ore district, Germany (Staude et al., 2010; George et al.,...relatively small mine dumps from the Bronze Age (e.g., Ixer, 2001) to today’s giant mine and tailings dumps...sphalerite from tailings material of a tungsten mine (Mt. Pleasant, Canada) was investigated by Petrunic...Lippolt, 2000) and a U-Pb isochron age on secondary calcite from Wittichen (5.2±0.3 Ma; Staude et al., 2012b)
Journal (issue)
d a Hill, T a n za n ia • ref: • Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T aiw an • 4x5 $ 5 0 .0 0 , 2x3 $ 2 0... Germany) calcite, 3 x 5” group of sharp tabular xls (Andreasberg, Harz, Germany) calcite, 2 loose twin...Paul B. Moore "The History of Colombian Emerald Mining" by Tomas Feininger "Second Occurrence of Benstonite"...Rossie, New York (calcite scapolite) Russell, New York (danburite) Silver District, Yuma County, Arizona...undescribed new ones. His tabulation includes the mine or mines in which the mineral ap­ peared, and is
Report (issue)
dans la région de Tazenakht et la . boutonnière de Bou-Azzer-ElGraara. La remarquable thèse de H. Termier...syénites né. phéliniques à eudialyte du massif du Bou-AHrao (appelé aujourd'hui massif de Tamazert) découver...publia des observations sur le massif syénitique du Bou-Agrao (Tamazert). La monographie des gîtes d'étain...Fuster sur les vulcanites du Rif nord-oriental (province volcanique de la Guelaya), dont l'un représente...métallogénique de la région minéralisée en cuivre de Bou-Skour (Anti-Atlas) par M. Tixeront date approximatiYement
Journal (issue)
e. UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin, 40 mm tall, from Egremont, Cumbria. John...at the 1999 Munich Show. It is illustrated in Calcite: The Mineral with the Most Forms (Extralapis English...articles of interest to mineralogi tl. collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...and variety of specimens they ha,·e produced. Calcite and barite from west Cumbria, plumbogummite, pyromorphite...most abundantly represented, with 122 specimens, calcite comes next with 72, then barite with 43. Other
Catalog/List
of matrix. Possible Augite (Near Laghetto, Rome Province I t a l y lx1 £1.25 1 x 2 £2.50 004 AERINITE...Arsenate green micro crystals on matrix (Bou Skour , Morocco) 3mm£4.50 015ALABANDITE Mn Sulphide pure...black masses i n green A c t i n o l i t e (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan Sweden) lx1 £1.10 010ALMANDINE F...Muscovite red micaeous masses on matrix (Praborna Mine,St Marcel, Val d ' Aosta I t a l y ) lx1 70p 1 x...i c h fawn massive. Xrayed material. (Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan , Sweden) lx1 £1.50 1 x 2 £3 2 x 2 £6
Journal (issue)
matrice: nei rari casi di campioni inglobati nella calcite, per acidatura, si possono evidenziare cristalli...Purtroppo nei numerosi massi a spessartina la calcite è praticamente assente e quindi solo raramente...comuni Actinolite (Foto 16), albite (Foto19), calcite (Foto 23), calcopirite (Foto 24), crisotilo (Foto...a Torre Cives (ancora attiva); alcune cave di calcite (se ne riconoscono i resti di almeno due), a Vidracco;...all'azzurro, dall'arancione al verdastro(?) ). CAVE DI CALCITE DI VIDRACCO Nei dintorni del Comune di Vidracco
Catalog/List
005AGANDITE Y blue green micro crystals on matrix (Bou Skour Morocco) 3mm £4.50 006 ALBITE rich orange-red masses...SILICATE) black masses i n Actinolite. (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan,Sweden) lx1 £ 1 . 1 0 218ALMANDINE...025AHRERITE-RUTNAHORITE rich fawn massive.(Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan Sweden).Looks rarer but i s only a dolomite...covered with Hexagonal small crystals.(Safrou Morocco) 1 " diameter £1.20 03uARFVEDSONITE r i c h blackish...Binntal, Wallis Switzerland) 1 / 2 i n s £5 080 CALCITE unusual colour, orange brown, crystalline well
Report (issue)
109 M IN É R A L O G IE C. G a u d k f r o y : Calcite de la g ro tte de G orane près du cap Cantin (Côte...de m êm e que les affleurem ents m onoclinaux de Bou Zrazer et de l’oued Besibissa, d o n t les couches...récifaux qui c a ra c té rise n t cet étage dans le Tafilalet. DÉVONIEN SUPÉRIEUR Le D évonien supérieur est...difficile l’étu d e de la série. P a r contre, au Bou Z razer et à Dfeil, les doléritcs restent dans les...penlagonus, Compnsila gr. slruniensis, crinoïdcs, au Bou Z razer, eL Cipnachim enia sp., Lobotornoceras dclepinei
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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
 
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