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Skutterudite from
Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Skutterudite
Formula:CoAs3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Erythrite18 photos of Skutterudite associated with Erythrite at this locality.
Calcite7 photos of Skutterudite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Roselite2 photos of Skutterudite associated with Roselite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Skutterudite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Picropharmacolite1 photo of Skutterudite associated with Picropharmacolite at this locality.
Brannerite1 photo of Skutterudite associated with Brannerite at this locality.
Molybdenite1 photo of Skutterudite associated with Molybdenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Skutterudite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Photo GalleryView Gallery (32 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1485343
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1485343:6
GUID (UUID V4):4a975790-403c-42dd-a713-0d8626274943
Localities for Skutterudite in this Region
Vein No. 7, Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Nearest other occurrences of Skutterudite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Vein No. 7, Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
1.0km (0.6 miles) Bou Azzer Vein No. 2, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
1.5km (0.9 miles) Bou Azzer East deposit, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
8.9km (5.5 miles) Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.6km (7.2 miles) Bouismas Mine, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.8km (7.3 miles) Oumlil Mine (incl. Oumlil East Mine), Oumlil, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
13.0km (8.1 miles) Tamdrost Mine, Tamdrost, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
23.6km (14.7 miles) Ightem Mine (Irhtem Mine), Ightem, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
30.4km (18.9 miles) Vein No. 52, Aït Ahmane, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
31.0km (19.3 miles) Vein No. 53, Aït Ahmane, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paragenesis of the Co-Ni Arsenide Ores of Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas, Morocco AHMED HASSAN AHMED,†,* Department of...University, Agadir, Morocco Abstract The Co-Ni arsenide ore deposits at Bou Azzer, Morocco, represent an uncommon...mineralization. Several Co-Ni-As-Au-Ag mines are active in Bou Azzer and adjacent areas. The Co-Ni arsenide ores are...sulfarsenides, and sulfides. Arsenide minerals include skutterudite (CoAs3), safflorite (CoAs2), loellingite (FeAs2)...abundance, are the main sulfide minerals present in Bou Azzer ores. Gold-silver alloys, with about 15 wt percent
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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...with vodka. Marrakech is the most amazing city in Morocco, with an exotic and magical atmosphere. The best-known
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[Gazi University] at 19:42 01 January 2015 BOU AZZER, MOROCCO W ere it not for secondary minerals of...shows, mostly from Moroccan localities in the Bou Azzer area. One such specimen has been nominated as...silver. Associated minerals include cobaltite, skutterudite, arsenopyrite, löllingite, symplesite, roselite...historically interesting localities as the old cobalt mine at Great Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Sussex County, New Jersey; the old Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County, New York; Pennsylvania
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PAPER Mg-enriched erythrite from Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco: geochemical and spectroscopic...­Zn0.02) ­(As1.97P<0.01O8)·8H2O, accompanied by skutterudite, roselite and alloclasite, was identified in...matrix within the ophiolite sequence of Bou Azzer in Morocco. The unit cell parameters of monoclinic...31‑261 Krakow, Poland ores (Co arsenides, mainly skutterudite) and rock-forming minerals (among others, dolomite)...solution · Bou Azzer · Morocco Introduction The mining region of Bou Azzer is located in Ouarzazate, the southern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORIGIN OF THE COBALT ARSENIDE ORES OF THE BOU AZZER AREA, MOROCCO G. A. Krutov , N. P. Mikhaylov , B. V....ORIGIN OF THE COBALT ARSENIDE ORES OF THE BOU AZZER AREA, MOROCCO, International Geology Review, 31:3, 306-316...ORIGIN OF THE COBALT ARSENIDE ORES OF THE BOU AZZER AREA, MOROCCO Downloaded by [Northwestern University]...o genezise arsenidno-kobal'tovykh rud rayona Bu-Azzer (Marokko)," Geologiya rudnykh mestorozhdeniy, 1989...serpentinized ultramafic rocks. The geology of the Bou Azzer-El Graara cobalt district has been examined thoroughly
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Ni–Co–Fe ARSENIDE ORES FROM THE AGHBAR MINE, BOU AZZER, MOROCCO Fernando GERVILLA§ Departamento de Mineralogía...history of the Co–Ni arsenide ores at Bou Azzer district, Morocco, (and by extension to the natural arsenides...Aghbar mine have been studied. The Aghbar mine, located in the western central area of the Bou Azzer inlier...with the general sequence established for the Bou Azzer district, meaningful differences in mineral chronology...in As fugacity up to the formation of Ni-rich skutterudite, with formation temperatures fitting well the
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ArsenideOrebodiesRelated to an Upper ProterozoicOphiolite: Bou Azzer (Morocco) MARC LEBLANC CentreGeologique et Geophysique...PIERRE BILLAUD Mine de Bou Azzer, C.T.T., Marrakech, Morocco Abstract The Bou Azzer cobaltdeposits...Setting THE Bou Azzer mining districtis the mostimportant one of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco).Worked since...1976;Leblanc,1975;Chariot,1976). During the maThe Bou Azzer area is locatedin the central part jor Pan-Af...(Leblanc,1973a), (Leblanc, 1972a, 1981). The Bou Azzer cobalt ore- the peneplanedPrecambrianbasementwas
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colored arsenates (mostly adamite) from the Ojuela mine. The sterling pale purple example shown here costs...is about $615). Adamite, 2.2 cm, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. Key’s Minerals specimen...fluorapatite/fluorite “combination” piece from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Obersachsen—i.e. Upper Saxony...rarity as time goes by. The Sauberg tin/tungsten mine closed for good when the Berlin Wall came down in...Fluorapatite and Fluorite, 2.3 cm, from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany. Key’s Minerals
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cerussite attributed to the Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. These are loose, flowerlike...English and in Chinese) that it came from the Yangshuo mine. In any case, these are very distinctive and very...Cerussite, 2.5 cm, from the Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Weinrich Minerals specimen...alluring items from new finds in Turkey, Peru and Morocco. Take those antique gray uglies first. From an...from the Aladağ mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyali district, Kayseri Province, central Anatolia
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and recommendations for the cobalt mission to Morocco sponsored by The Trade and Development Program...and Development Program and the Government of Morocco This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed....................................... 3 3 5 BOU AZZER COBALT DEPOSITS ............................................... 6 Geologic setting of the Bou Azzer mineralization ................... 6 Evaluation of...Evaluation of the adequacy of exploration 'in the Bou Azzer area ........................................
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Number Five Famous mineral localities: Bou Azzer, Morocco _______________________ avrea r gger Ait...338 COVER ER THRITE crystal, 3 mm, from Bou Azzer, Morocco. G. Favreau collection; Robert Vernet photo...showing early mining methods, a case of antique mine lamps, worldwide uranium and rare earth ores, gold... e tem er cto er Calcite, 24.1 cm, Verchniy mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia. Jeff Scovil photo. Famous...Sarp9, Gian Carlo Parodi10 and Ste an ei 11 Bou Azzer has produced the world’s finest specimens of erythrite
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feature articles Famous Mineral Localities: Bou-Azzer, Morocco.......................69 by Gerard Pallix...Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce .........length, collected in the Mindola open pit, Rokana mine, Zambia, by S. P. Korowski. The Mineralogical Record...under­ ground miner at the 115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August...presented at his trial, Stokes began sneaking into the mine at night and stealing (“highgrading”) gold. No one
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.................... 211 by Richard V. Gaines Morocco M ineralogy......................................name on a label when additional details (such as mine, district or county) are easily obtained. Unlike...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...uncertainty of scratching for gems in 214 a garimpo (mine). Hence production falls. On the other hand, when
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Co-rich chromian spinels from the Bou-Azzer mining district (Morocco): Constraints on their relationship...vent Bou-Azzer mining district Morocco a b s t r a c t The Co–Ni arsenides from the Bou-Azzer mining...Variscan tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Bou-Azzer ophiolite, just before the formation of arsenide...cores of grains hosted by skutterudite (CoAs3), all them from Aghbar mine. Chromian spinels from Tamdrost...Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Bou-Azzer district The Bou-Azzer ore bodies . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
detection of cobalt mineralization in the Sou Azzer district, Morocco by Michael P. Foose 1 Open File Report...Figure 1. Index and geologic map of the Bou Azzer District, Morocco Figure 2. Histogram showing the distribution...elements from the east Tamdrost area, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Figure 3. The distribution of arsenic...samples from the east Tamdrost area, Bou Azzer district, Morocco Table 2. Stream sediment analyses from...stream sediment samples collected in the Bou Azzer district, Morocco, show that this sampling technique may
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COBALT-NICKEL-ARSENIDE-(GOLD) ORES, BOU AZZER, ANTI-ATLAS, MOROCCO: Re-Os, Sm-Nd, AND U-Pb AGE DETERMINATIONS...000, Morocco Abstract The age of the hydrothermal Co-Ni-As-(Au) mineralization in the Bou Azzer-El Graara...the principal Co-Ni-As-(Au) mineralization at Bou Azzer occupying the main ore-bearing structures was...Anti-Atlas of Morocco hosts a large number and variety (Au, Ag, Cu, Co, Ni) of ore deposits. The Bou Azzer mining...60 variably sized orebodies are known from the Bou Azzer district, all being spatially associated with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Concentration from a Serpentinite Source-Rock (Bou Azzer, Morocco) M. Leblanc 1 and W. Fischer 2 1 Centre G6ologique...I, 1989 Summary The cobalt-arsenide ores of Bou Azzer are located along the borders of serpentinite...content of 5-20 ppm; gold is mainly located in skutterudite (120 ppm av.), whereas the Fe-arsenide (loellingite)...contents are found in skutterudite (up to 2 ppm total PGE). All the arsenide ores of Bou Azzer exhibit the same...possible source-rock for the noble metals of the Bou Azzer cobaltarsenide ores. Zusammenfassung Gold und
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.. 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...„Goldmine No. 2" von Ali Moudoud, an der Straße von Ouarzazate nach Tizi-n-Tichka gelegen. 9 /' .. .,
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clusters in the Central Asia region, western Mongolia, and northwestern Africa (Morocco), we systematically analyzed...the following deposits: Khovu-Aksy (Central Tuva region), calcareous skarns with Co sulfoarsenides, 368–383...components of fluids Examples Ni–Co arsenide (five- Skutterudite, element) smaltite–cloanNi–Co–As (±U–Ag) thite...20–45 wt %; NaCl, CaCl2, MgCl2 (J, Br, NH4) Bou Azzer, Khovu-Aksy, Echo Bay, Jachymov, Aktepe, Cobalt...structural–material complexes of Western Sayan region, Tuva, Gorny Altai, and northwestern Mongolia:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
podiform chromitites of the Bou Azzer ophiolite, Anti Atlas, Central Morocco M. El Ghorfi1;2;3 , F. Melcher1...University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco 3 Reminex Exploration, Marrakech, Morocco 2 Received November 15, 2005;...handling: T. Alapieti Summary The Neoproterozoic Bou Azzer ophiolite complex hosts numerous, small lenticular...accessory chromian spinel in the Co-Ni-As ores of the Bou Azzer ophiolite indicate a close connection. It is suggested...podiform chromitites Introduction Bou Azzer in the central Anti-Atlas of Morocco is famous for its enigmatic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
INCLUSIONS FROM THE Co-As(Au)BOU AZZER DISTRICT, ANTI-ATLAS MOUNTAINS, MOROCCO AOMAREN-NACIRI*,Luc BARBANSON...45072Orleans, France Introduction Since1933,the Bou Azzerdistricthasproducedabout 55,000t of cobaltandbetween2...ofthiscommunication isto presentthe riorite,clinosaffiorite, skutterudite),in somecaseswith native characteristics of...Lancelot, 1980; Leblanc and Billaud, 1982) of the Bou work(Leblanc andLbouabi,1988).Unfortunately, whenthe...Present address:C.T.T. Bou Azzer O.N.A., 52 Avenue HassanII, Casabianca, Morocco. 0361-0128/97/1923/360-856
Catalog/List
Copper Valley Digging , I Gobobosebberge Erongo region Namibia with two __jprevious owners labels £40...crystals on cockscomb Barytes Mibladen district , Morocco 6x4 £30 () , 1 5 APOPHYLLITE pale green crystals...SUGILITE mauve massive 3.5 x2.5 in 4x3 matrix Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese field N. Cape, South Africa...but not fully exposed in some parts. 3 .5x3 Fuka Mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan £ 18 ~'i..'\~1~ 22 CHALCEDONY...NODULE pale fawn and grey botryoidal mass 5x3.5 Morocco £11 27 FLUOBORITE white granular in magnetite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4.3 cm high, from shaft IX, Touissit, Oujda, Morocco; mined ca. 1995. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 3 (above...right). Silver, 12 cm high, from Imiter, AntiAtlas, Morocco; mined ca. 1990. Jordi Deusedes photo. Figure 5...mimetite, 6 cm high, from Taouz, Er Rachidia, Morocco; mined 2003. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 8 (right)...Azurite, 4.6 cm high, from Kerrouchen, Khénifra, Morocco; mined 2007. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 10 (left)...malachite, 9 cm wide, from shaft IX, Touissit, Oujda, Morocco; mined 1999. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 11 (above)
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the Mining Migration Trails and Ink Sketches of Mine Labor Life at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry...educating visitors about the geology of the Pike’s Peak Region. Jenna is also in her second year as a volunteer...Blake will talk about the fossils of the Pikes Peak region and discuss some of the new discoveries in the...and then sharing his knowledge of the Pikes Peak Region with youth and adults in programs like the Florissant...collecting locality, the mines of the Bou Azzer District, Morocco. The District contains over 60 ore bodies
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one of the rarest. With the exception of the Bou Azzer mine current production is entirely a secondary...have contributed between 25 and 50% of the world’s mine production; (2) mid-Tertiary to Recent nickel-rich...are the ophiolite-hosted Co–As deposit at Bou Azzer, Morocco, and the epigenetic Cu–Au–Co concentrations...Exceptions to this general rule are the Bou Azzer mine15,21 in Morocco and the now closed Mount Cobalt mine34...summarized here and global reserves, resources and mine production are reviewed. The name cobalt derives
 
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