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Calcite from
El Hammam Mine, El Hammam, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khémisset Cercle, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region, Morocco


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Yellow calcite exsolution veinlets located between mineralized veins (early deformations) (cf. Bull. Minéral. , 1984, 107, pp. 233-240).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite94 photos of Calcite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Pyrite93 photos of Calcite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Quartz36 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Goethite4 photos of Calcite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Arsenopyrite2 photos of Calcite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Baryte2 photos of Calcite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Calcite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Dolomite1 photo of Calcite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Marcasite1 photo of Calcite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Hammam Mine, El Hammam, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khémisset Cercle, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region, Morocco
Photo GalleryView Gallery (61 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:307679
Long-form Identifier:1:3:307679:8
GUID (UUID V4):c595c05f-7056-4912-9fae-e67ff62d10d1
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
4.8km (3.0 miles) Wadi Beht (Ouedi Beht; Beht River), Oulmès Cercle, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region, Morocco
4.8km (3.0 miles) Oued Laqtib, Sebt Jahjouh Caidat, Agourai Cercle, El Hajeb Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco
5.0km (3.1 miles) Achmmach Prospect, Sebt Jahjouh Caidat, Agourai Cercle, El Hajeb Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco
47.6km (29.6 miles) Jbel Aouam, El Hammam Caïdat, Aguelmous Cercle, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco
93.9km (58.4 miles) Kerrouchene (Kerrouchen), Kerrouchen Caïdat, El Kbab Cercle, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluoride Mineralization of the NNE Region of Achemmach (Central Morocco): Paragenetic Sequences and Pyrrhotite-Sphalerite...Moussaid 2 , Abdelaziz El Basbas 4 , Mourad Essalhi 5 , Abdel-ali Kharis 6 , Mohammed El Azmi 2,3 , Ahmed Touil...Muhammad, S.; Moussaid, A.; El 7 8 Basbas, A.; Essalhi, M.; Kharis, A.-a.; El Azmi, M.; Touil, A.; Bilal...Techniques, Hassan First University, Settat 26002, Morocco Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay...University, M.B. 11201, Zitoune, Meknes 50070, Morocco; mohamedaissa@gmail.com (M.A.); m.souiri@edu.umi
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Triassic 40Ar/39Ar age for the El Hammam high-REE fluorite deposit (Morocco): mineralization related to...to the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province? Alain Cheilletz & Dominique Gasquet & Fouad Filali & Douglas...Springer-Verlag 2010 Abstract El Hammam is the only fluorite mine in Morocco (production 100,000 t/year)...fluorite mineralization is in an array of fluorite–calcite veins and is characterized by unusually high REE...REE content in carbonate minerals (1,400 ppm in calcite; up to 2,000 ppm in siderite) and in fluorite (about
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hassan First University of Settat, Settat 26002, Morocco Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay...University, M.B 11201, Zitoune, Meknes 50070, Morocco; mohamedaissa@gmail.com (M.A.); moussaid.azizi@gmail...University, M.B 509, Boutalamine, Errachidia 52003, Morocco; m.essalhi@umi.ac.ma Department of Geology, Faculty...AbdelkarimElkhattabi, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000, Morocco; a.touil@uca.ma Campus of Saint-Etienne 158, National...Massira Al Khadra, BP 5199, Casablanca 20250, Morocco; md.souiah64@gmail.com Correspondence: hafid.mezougane@uhp
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Achmmach prospect of the Moroccan Central Massif El Mahjoub Mahjoubi 1 & Alain Chauvet 2 & Lakhlifi Badra...Stanislas Sizaret 3 & Luc Barbanson 3 & Abdelkader El Maz 1 & Yan Chen 3 & Méderic Amann 2 Received: 29... Editorial handling: T. Bissig and G. Beaudoin * El Mahjoub Mahjoubi mahjoubi_elmahjoub@yahoo.fr 1 Faculté...Université Moulay Ismail, BP 11201, Zitoune, Meknès, Morocco 2 CNRS-UMR 5243, Géosciences Montpellier, Université...Achmmach tin deposit . Hercynian Central Massif . Morocco Introduction Tin mineralization is commonly associated
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geosciences, Mohammed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco US 2 AN *lecumber@ualberta.ca Hydrocarbon...relatively low temperatures. Element signatures at El Hammam indicate that the chemical composition of the...thousand ppm total rare earth elements (REE) at El Hammam, Morocco. The major element chemistry (Na, Ca, Mg)...related lamprophyres predating the formation of El Hammam share a similar ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT trace element...behavior of REE CR between fluorite and water at El Hammam indicate that acetate and carbonate (+/- US
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystallized during malayaite replacement by newly formed calcite–quartz aggregates. The Sn-bearing sulfides are...and malayaite-bearing skarns at the El Hammam deposit in Morocco (the samples were provided for us by...France) and Snbearing titanite from the Stiepelmann mine, Arandis, Namibia (the samples were provided for...characterize rocks and ores taken from the underground mine and at surface workings. The deposit has practically...The orehosting infiltration calc skarns replace calcite marble, and the bimetasomatic skarnoids developed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Tunis El Manar, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, 2092 El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia...the Sr of the epigenetic carbonates (dolomite, calcite) and ore minerals (fluorite, celestite) are more...University of Tunis El Manar, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, 2092 El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia...the limestone diapirs and their overburden (as at Hammam Jedidi, Jebel Oust and Sidi Taya). Fluid inclusion...or metamorphic events have been reported in the region. The tectonic evolution in North-Eastern Tunisia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Malayaitc-, and Axinite-BearingSkarns from E1 Hammam, Central Morocco PHILIPPE M. SONNETAND JEANVERKAEREN Laboratoirede...THE El Hammamregion (Fig. 1) is locatedalongthe Beht River, 50 km southwestof Meknes, in Morocco, and...Moulay bou Azza, Jbel Explorationand miningin the El Hammamregion hasfocusedon fluorite.The fluoritedepositat...five-yearperiodfrom 1975 through 1980. Aouam, and E1 Hammam. Mineralization associated with these stocksconsistsof...wolframite, GeologicSettingof the Region Sedimentaryrocks occurringin the E1 Hammam scheeliteor molybdenitev
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20013 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Part 2 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China T he first part of this...northern England, particularly from the Rogerley mine, has made these classic specimens available once...21:02 21 November 2014 Figure 1. Fluorite on calcite, 17 cm high, from the Huanggang mines, Huanggang...Kèshíkèté Qi County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Limpid complex fluorite crystals displaying...made of the complex crystals from the Trevaunce mine, St. Agnes. The crystals on the Smithsonian specimens
Report (volume)
industries. Fluorspar veins are worked in Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa, but manto fluorspar deposits...much more productive in South Africa, Kenya, and Morocco. Pipelike bodies of fluorspar have been worked...carbonatites are reported from Angola, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and...of our African imports in 1977) and in Kenya, Morocco, and Tunisia. From 1975 through 1977 imports of...generally associated with quartz, chalcedony, calcite, or barite; sphalerite and galena are the most
Book
- ·: ·:. ,-i s ·:_· · : Bou Skour · EI Hammam Ghar el Anz Gourrama Haute Moulouya lmilchil !mini...marokkanischen ses Buches die äußerst mineralreiche Region in Nordafrika nicht wiedergeben. Mineralien aus... Hauptstadt Rabat Freitag, 12. April: Unsere erste Station, die Landeshauptstadt Rabat, ist bestens...nächsten Morgen fahren wir in strömendem Regen von Rabat über größtenteils flaches Land in Richtung Marrakech...Stadtzentrum zwischen Kutu biya-Moschee und Djamaa el Fna, bezogen haben, stürzen wir uns ins Getümmel
Report (issue)
Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...Southern Africa BY BRUCE CAIRNCROSS 108 Morocco's El Hammam: Six Decades of Fluorspar Mining BY PIERRE CLAVEL...MICHAEL GRAY 54 Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland Mine Complex Of Eastern Tennessee BY ARVID PASTO 56...iliccfe,plart polfe.Adeofwatnuqmn,caafafuzuadmmft� el{g1c. meaning to flow. myrrhina" (page 2) alllllra...Mineralogie (1747), did not distinguish limestone or calcite from fluorite. He thus described nine varieties
Report (issue)
A fluorite specimen from the Number 1 (Minerva) Mine, Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar...............................................G31 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................G36 Mine Closure...........................................a fluorite specimen from the Number 1 (Minerva) Mine, Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar...Selected examples of the chemistry and mineralogy of mine waste generated at fluorspar mines.............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ressources Minérales et Environnement, Univ. Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia e IPGP, Paris, France b c a r t i...the majority of which are used for public baths (hammam), swimming pools, and for medical treatments provided...dots). Modified from Khomsi et al. (2007). Chotts region comprised between the North Saharan Flexure (Gabtni...its natural discharge area of the Tunisian Chotts region and of the Gulf of Gabès, where its mixes with...meq/l meq/l meq/l mg/l ‰ ‰ halite gypsum calcite 13/10/2006 41.8 6.64 20.7 − 48 1.17E + 02
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Ore of Jbel Rhals Deposit (Eastern High Atlas, Morocco) Michèle Verhaert 1, * ID , Alain Bernard 2 , Omar...Hassan II, BP 5366, Maârif, 20100 Casablanca, Morocco; omarsaddiqi@yahoo.fr Equipe de Recherche: Géophysique...Ismaïl, BP. 509, Boutalamine, 52000 Errachidia, Morocco; mourad.essalhi@gmail.com Correspondence: michele-alexandra...deposit, located in the Oriental High Atlas of Morocco, hosts a polymetallic Fe-Mn-Cu ore. Large metric...assemblage (goethite, pyrolusite, malachite and calcite). In the Paleozoic basement, Fe-Mn oxihydroxides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorite-Barite Hydrothermal Deposit, Northeastern Morocco Mohammed Bouabdellah,1,† Francesca Castorina,2...Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, 60000 Oujda, Morocco 2 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...fluorite-barite ± sulfide deposit in northeastern Morocco is hosted in a Jurassic-aged structurally high...et al., 1996; Bouzenoune and Lécolle, 1997). In Morocco, however, Triassic salt domes have been traditionally...Tirremi fluorite-barite deposit in northeastern Morocco is the only deposit that has been genetically connected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Anti-Atlas (Morocco): The Late Triassic Central Atlantic Magmatic Province Event Mohammed Ouchchen 1 , El Hassan...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)
alpine fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet,...stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often...green datolite crystals from the Second Sovietski mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia. The 18.5 ⫻...characteristic of those found at the Wessel’s mine, Hotazel, Cape Province, South Africa. Rob Lavinsky photo. Figure...crystals on gneiss at the old Tilly Foster iron mine, Brewster, Putnam County, New York. It has also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1988 Les min/ ralisations stratiformes h F-Ba de Hammam Zriba, Jebel Gubbli (Tunisie nord orientale): l'apport...02 - France Abstract. In the H. Zriba-J. Guebli mine (5 millions tons of ore with 15%-35% CaF2) the ore...(Djellouli 1973). Le gisement s'intrgre dans une vaste province & F-Ba-Zn-Pb regroupant une douzaine de gites...stratigraphiques,, (Floridia et Massin 1969). Cette province a donn6 lieu ~ diffrrentes descriptions et interprrtations...situation des gisements (F-Ba-Sr-Pb-Zn) de la province fluorre de Tunisie: 1. Oued M'tek; 2. J. Mokta;
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at Urbana-Champaign] at 20:13 01 August 2013 Morocco T Tea and Minerals raveling with mineral photographer...Madagascar (Scovil 2010), and now it was time for Morocco. Morocco is one of those places I visit several times...Munich Mineral Show. We had only two weeks to visit Morocco, and I wanted to show them as much as possible...more important localities and attractions in the region, it left no time for real collecting, field research...medina (the old city) and the famous square, Djemaa el-Fna. We ended the first evening with a little welcome
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reported clinopyroxenes from the Pb-Zn Nakatatsu skarn mine, coexisting with ore, which contained 1000–10 000...A(2) contained additionally zinc-feldspar and calcite. Mixture B was composed of wollastonite, quartz...zinc-feldspar + willemite + hardystonite + quartz + calcite; B = CaZnSi2O6 composition, SiO2 and CaCO3 sintered... Sample Location fe-1 El Hammam, Central Morocco fe-3 Dartmoor, Red-A-ven Mine, Cornwall, Great Britain...clinopyroxene from Pb-Zn skarn deposits in the Bergslagen region, Sweden (samples gs-9, gs-7, Tables 3 and 5). Remarkably
Report (issue)
EROTZKY EDITIONS DU SERVICE GEOLOGIQUE DU MAROC RABAT 1978 5 SOMMAIRE Préface, par M. SAADI 7 Introduction...références bibliographiques. Les caractères minéralogiques el chimiques indiqués se rapportent généralement à un...consacrée par aucun acte officiel. Le dépouillement el le premier tri des échantillons, enfermés dans des...Fuster sur les vulcanites du Rif nord-oriental (province volcanique de la Guelaya), dont l'un représente...substantielle, effectuée par J. Agard, J.M. Balcon el Ph. Morin. Cette étude comprenant la description
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
characterized SC R by several generations of fluorite, calcite and quartz, with initial ribbon-like geometries...by the same fluids precipitating the fluorite/calcite mineralization. REE minerals could possibly be...bands of chalcedony, pink fluorite, barite and calcite. The San Giuseppe vein is also banded, and shows...shows several generations of fluorite, calcite and galena (Fig. 2A, B, C). The width of the veins ranges...characterized by successive generations of fluorite, calcite and quartz, with initial ribbon-shaped geometries
Journal (issue)
2019 Articles Pyrosmalite-(Fe) from the Bjelke mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden ...........grossular from near the Stifle claim, Georgetown, El Dorado County, California .........................PYROSMALITE(Fe) crystals on matrix, 7 cm, from the Bjelke mine, Sweden. Mim Mineralogical Museum collection, Beirut...species like fluorite, celestine, sphalerite and calcite. He also keeps worldwide examples of these same...from the recent discovery at the N’Chwaning III mine in South Africa. Chris also has a small collection
 
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