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Quartz from
Guelb Moghrein, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Guelb Moghrein, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1391430
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1391430:5
GUID (UUID V4):7ca61e36-9b06-4061-a11d-bd531ab6881c
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.8km (2.4 miles) Akjoujt Mine (Guelb Moghrein Mine), Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
10.1km (6.2 miles) Khemyat El Khadra, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
25.6km (15.9 miles) Redwood, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
37.0km (23.0 miles) Arierat El Zaoughe, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
37.1km (23.1 miles) Tabrinkout, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
39.9km (24.8 miles) Guelb El Laro, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
40.3km (25.1 miles) Tamagoth / Arierat El Khader, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
42.9km (26.7 miles) Akouejat, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
48.6km (30.2 miles) Tabrinkout Est / Dhloat Lekteit, El Gleitat, Aoujeft, Adrar Region, Mauritania
94.5km (58.7 miles) Gleib Aroueïguij, El Gleitat, Aoujeft, Adrar Region, Mauritania
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...Copper-Gold Deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverable 79 By Gregory L. Fernette...copper-gold deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 79), chap. M of Taylor...Republic of Mauritania 1 Summary Mauritania hosts one significant copper-gold deposit, Guelb Moghrein and several...atypical in some important respects. Nonetheless, Guelb Moghrein is an economically significant mineral deposit
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...Copper-Gold Deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverable 79 By Gregory L. Fernette...copper-gold deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 79), chap. M of Taylor...Republic of Mauritania 1 Summary Mauritania hosts one significant copper-gold deposit, Guelb Moghrein and several...atypical in some important respects. Nonetheless, Guelb Moghrein is an economically significant mineral deposit
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...Massive Sulfide Deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverable 77 By Cliff D. Taylor and...massive sulfide deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, (phase V, deliverable 77), chap. L of Taylor...volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits (VMS) exists in Mauritania in the greenstone belts of the southwestern Rgueïbat............... 1 Potential for VMS Deposits in Mauritania.............................................
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Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...Massive Sulfide Deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverable 77 By Cliff D. Taylor and...massive sulfide deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, (phase V, deliverable 77), chap. L of Taylor...volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits (VMS) exists in Mauritania in the greenstone belts of the southwestern Rgueïbat............... 1 Potential for VMS Deposits in Mauritania.............................................
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Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...Epithermal Gold Deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverable 69 By Richard J. Goldfarb...epithermal gold deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, (phase V, deliverable 69), chap. H of Taylor...Gold-Dominant Mineral Deposits and Occurrences in Mauritania ............................................................ 3 3.2 Northern Mauritanides (Inchiri Region) .........................................
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Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...Resource Assessment Project, Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverables 61, 60, 62, 63, 64 By...resource assessment project, Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 61 and 64), chap. E of............................. 19 2.9.1 Inchiri-Adrar-Amsaga Region............................................................... 19 2.9.2 Chami-Tasiast Region ..............................................
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Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...Resource Assessment Project, Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverables 61, 60, 62, 63, 64 By...resource assessment project, Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 61 and 64), chap. E of............................. 19 2.9.1 Inchiri-Adrar-Amsaga Region............................................................... 19 2.9.2 Chami-Tasiast Region ..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
763–770 GUELB MOGHREIN: AN UNUSUAL CARBONATE-HOSTED IRON OXIDE COPPER-GOLD DEPOSIT IN MAURITANIA, NORTHWEST...Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401 USA Abstract The Guelb Moghrein Cu-Au deposit occurs within metacarbonate bodies...alteration-mineralization history. Early sodic alteration at Guelb Moghrein resulted in the formation of albitized zones...precipitation and/or recrystallization of sulfides. The Guelb Moghrein deposit is a member of the iron oxide Cu-Au...hosted in carbonate strata. Introduction The Guelb Moghrein Cu-Au deposit, approximately 250 km northeast
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...Oolitic-Type Iron Deposits of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverable 83 By Cliff D.Taylor, Carol...oolitic-type iron deposits of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 83), chap. O of Taylor...Oolitic-Type Iron Deposits of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania 2 Summary High-grade hematitic iron ores (or...containing 60–65 percent Fe) have been mined in Mauritania from Superior-type iron deposits since 1952.
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...Oolitic-Type Iron Deposits of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverable 83 By Cliff D.Taylor, Carol...oolitic-type iron deposits of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 83), chap. O of Taylor...Oolitic-Type Iron Deposits of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania 2 Summary High-grade hematitic iron ores (or...containing 60–65 percent Fe) have been mined in Mauritania from Superior-type iron deposits since 1952.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev The Guelb Moghrein Cu–Au deposit: Neoarchaean hydrothermal sulfide... Ilot D49 Tevrag Zeina, BP 5045, Nouakchott, Mauritania a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...2015 Available online xxxx Keywords: Guelb Moghrein Mauritania IOCG Hydrothermal Cu–Au Retrograde shear...t r a c t The Guelb Moghrein copper–gold deposit in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania reopened in 2006...Sr and Ba. The copper–gold mineralization at Guelb Moghrein formed during retrograde shearing in metamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxide–Cu–Au–Co mineralization at the Guelb Moghrein deposit, Akjoujt area, Mauritania Received: 3 June 2005 / Accepted:...March 2006 # Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract The Guelb Moghrein Fe oxide–Cu–Au–Co deposit, with a total resource...grunerite, chlorite, calcite, albite, and quartz. The Guelb Moghrein ore body is structurally controlled by...separates greenschist facies quartz– sericite schists and biotite–garnet–quartz schists of the Sainte Barbe...rocks, metacarbonates, and the Guelb Moghrein ore body of the Akjoujt metabasalt unit in the footwall
Report (chapter)
setting of the Guelb Moghrein Fe oxide –Cu – Au– Co mineralization, Akjoujt area, Mauritania JOCHEN KOLB1...Denmark (e-mail: jkol@geus.dk) Abstract: The Guelb Moghrein Fe oxide– Cu–Au –Co deposit is located at the...western boundary of the West African craton in NW Mauritania. The wall rocks to the mineralization represent...stratigraphic base; (2) tholeiitic andesites– basalts (Akjoujt meta-basalt unit). The trace element signature...the mineralization, forms a tectonic lens in the Akjoujt metabasalt unit. It can be defined by the high
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...in Ultramafic Rocks in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverable 67 By Cliff D. Taylor,...in ultramafic rocks in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 67), chap. G of Taylor... PGE, and Cr Deposits in Ultramafic Rocks of Mauritania ...............................................Mesoarchean and Neoproterozoic Greenstones of the Inchiri District .....................................
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel...in Ultramafic Rocks in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Phase V, Deliverable 67 By Cliff D. Taylor,...in ultramafic rocks in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 67), chap. G of Taylor... PGE, and Cr Deposits in Ultramafic Rocks of Mauritania ...............................................Mesoarchean and Neoproterozoic Greenstones of the Inchiri District .....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovered, delineated and 62 developed in Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire...by post-Eburnean sedimentary cover of 130 the Guelb el Hadid sequence, and Mesoproterozoic to Paleozoic...continue 224 westwards beneath the younger Senegal-Mauritania basin. A major basin controlling, NW- 225 trending...east-west for 800 km from the Western Sahara and Mauritania to Algeria. The 237 basin contains largely...000 km2. It 243 extends from north-western Mauritania to southwest Guinea-Bissau. The basin contains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of deposits in copper–gold (e.g., Akjoujt and Indice 78 in Mauritania), mineral sands, iron ore (e.g.,...known gold deposits in the WAC are dominated by quartz vein-hosted gold in shear zones and disseminated...in Liberia (e.g., New Liberty gold mine) and Mauritania (e.g. the 2839 ± 36 Ma Tasiast deposit, Heron...in press). The 2492 Ma (Meyer et al., 2006) Guelb Moghrein IOCG deposit is defined by the mineral assemblage...Intrusion-related iron ore is limited to the Oursi region of northeast Burkina Faso, where Fe–V–Ti bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusion of a summary of a Cu\\Au Guelb Moghrein deposit in Mauritania, and descriptions of manganese mineralization...exploration for gold resources across the craton. From Mauritania, Heron et al. describe the Tasiast gold deposit...deposit from the Mesoarchean Aouéouat Belt in Mauritania, which are hosted in the Tasiast thrust. The Tasiast...Petrov describe the 2.49 Ga Cu\\Au Guelb Moghrein deposit (Mauritania) hosted in Neoarchaean-Palaeoproterozoic...zones. The Tasiast gold deposit and Cu\\Au at Guelb Moghrein are important because they represent some of
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel..........................................59 4.8. Quartz Veins in the Central Mauritanides.......................................................84 6.8. Quartz veins cutting the Groupe de Blekhzaymat.............106 8. Geologic and Tectonic Framework of Mauritania.................................................................140 v Figures 1. Map of Mauritania (outlined in gray) showing sources of map information
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel..........................................59 4.8. Quartz Veins in the Central Mauritanides.......................................................84 6.8. Quartz veins cutting the Groupe de Blekhzaymat.............106 8. Geologic and Tectonic Framework of Mauritania.................................................................140 v Figures 1. Map of Mauritania (outlined in gray) showing sources of map information
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel..........................................59 4.8. Quartz Veins in the Central Mauritanides.......................................................84 6.8. Quartz veins cutting the Groupe de Blekhzaymat.............106 8. Geologic and Tectonic Framework of Mauritania.................................................................140 v Figures 1. Map of Mauritania (outlined in gray) showing sources of map information
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel..........................................59 4.8. Quartz Veins in the Central Mauritanides.......................................................84 6.8. Quartz veins cutting the Groupe de Blekhzaymat.............106 8. Geologic and Tectonic Framework of Mauritania.................................................................140 v Figures 1. Map of Mauritania (outlined in gray) showing sources of map information
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel..........................................59 4.8. Quartz Veins in the Central Mauritanides.......................................................84 6.8. Quartz veins cutting the Groupe de Blekhzaymat.............106 8. Geologic and Tectonic Framework of Mauritania.................................................................140 v Figures 1. Map of Mauritania (outlined in gray) showing sources of map information
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel..........................................59 4.8. Quartz Veins in the Central Mauritanides.......................................................84 6.8. Quartz veins cutting the Groupe de Blekhzaymat.............106 8. Geologic and Tectonic Framework of Mauritania.................................................................140 v Figures 1. Map of Mauritania (outlined in gray) showing sources of map information
Report (issue)
Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Islamic Republic of Mauritania Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel..........................................59 4.8. Quartz Veins in the Central Mauritanides.......................................................84 6.8. Quartz veins cutting the Groupe de Blekhzaymat.............106 8. Geologic and Tectonic Framework of Mauritania.................................................................140 v Figures 1. Map of Mauritania (outlined in gray) showing sources of map information
 
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