 | | 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 |  | Admou, Safouane, Branquet, Yannick, Badra, Lakhlifi, Barbanson, Luc, Outhounjite, Mohamed, Khalifa, Abdelali, Zouhair, Mohamed, Maacha, Lhou (2018) The Hajjar Regional Transpressive Shear Zone (Guemassa Massif, Morocco): Consequences on the Deformation of the Base-Metal Massive Sulfide Ore. Minerals, 8 (10) 435 doi:10.3390/min8100435 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | Lescuyer, J. L., Leistel, J. M., Marcoux, E., Milési, J. P., Thiéblemont, D. (1997) Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous peak sulphide mineralization in the Western Hercynides. Mineralium Deposita, 33 (1) 208-220 doi:10.1007/s001260050141 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...formation of the Iberian Pyrite Belt; and Ketara, Draa Sfar and Hajar in the Jebilet-Guemassa district of the...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 |  | Belkabir, A., Gibson, H.L., Marcoux, E., Lentz, D., Rziki, S. (2008) Geology and wall rock alteration at the Hercynian Draa Sfar Zn–Pb–Cu massive sulphide deposit, Morocco. Ore Geology Reviews, 33 (3) 280-306 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.03.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | Essaifi, Abderrahim, Goodenough, Kathryn, Tornos, Fernando, Outigua, Abdelhak, Ouadjou, Abdelmalek, Maacha, Lhou (2019) The Moroccan Massive Sulphide Deposits: Evidence for a Polyphase Mineralization. Minerals, 9 (3) 156 doi:10.3390/min9030156 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...diagenetic origin, and a syntectonic to late-tectonic pyrite-rich assemblage is superimposed on an earlier,...signature, while the sulfur isotopic signature of pyrite is similar in all deposits. Lead isotopes suggest...that is inherited from the host shales during the pyrite-rich mineralization. The O/H isotopic signatures |  | Moreno, C., Sáez, R., González, F., Almodóvar, G., Toscano, M., Playford, G., Alansari, A., Rziki, S., Bajddi, A. (2008) Age and depositional environment of the Draa Sfar massive sulfide deposit, Morocco. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (8) 891-911 doi:10.1007/s00126-008-0199-x | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits located on Hercynian islets of northwestern Morocco exhibit four main characteristics: Abstract. ...et de Guemassa en raison de leur paragenbse 5 pyrrhotite largement pr6dominante. Non que la pyrite ne puisse...puis les sdries min6ralis6es d u m a s s i f de Guemassa. Le district des Jebilet Centrales Les areas...du Maroc centrom6ridional: Rehamna, Jebilet et Guemassa. Dans le cartouche de localisation, les principaux...a r . - L.: Douar Lahjar. Ildts hercyniens de Guemassa: 1 - Bloc Tiourar. 2 Bloc Amzourh. 3 - Oukhribane |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | El Arbaoui, Amel, Bouabdellah, Mohammed, Wafik, Amina, Klügel, Andreas, Jébrak, Michel, Castorina, Francesca, Lowry, Dave, Lecumberri-Sanchez, Pilar, Essaifi, Abderrahim, Maacha, Lhou (2019) 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. Mineralium Deposita, 54 (3) 437-458 doi:10.1007/s00126-018-0818-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...Ayyad University, B.P. 2390, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco 2 Laboratoire des Gîtes Minéraux, Hydrogéologie...Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, 60000 Oujda, Morocco 3 Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität |  | | 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) | | Mississippi Valley-Type District of Northeastern Morocco: Relationships to the Messinian Salinity Crisis...Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, 60000 Oujda, Morocco 2 Helmholtz-Zentrum 3 Departamento Potsdam-Deutsches...Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) district of northeastern Morocco includes five major strata-bound Pb-Zn-Ag deposits...2013 Accepted: March 14, 2015 1456 BOUABDELLAH ET AL. Introduction Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) deposits...1995; Bethke, 1986; Leach and Rowan, 1986; Garven et al., 1993; Garven and Raffensperger, 1997). Fluid migration |  | | Journal (issue) | | halloysite (hydrous hydrated aluminium silicate); pyrite (iron sulphide); and quartz (silicon dioxide)....these is at the Wagon Wheel Gap baryte and fluorite mine in Creede (Colorado), where it forms in association...(California), where it forms in clusters embedded in pyrite, and at Granite, Nye County (Nevada), where it...grey kutnohorite was unearthed at the Sjogruvan Mine near Grythyttan in Orebrolan (Sweden). KU M I...Republic); the Tyrol (Italy); the Ryujima Mine (Japan); the Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan, Orebrolan (Sweden); Franklin |  | | Book | | Courtesy M. Ihmadi (Ihmadi Trilobite Center, Alnif, Morocco) André Michard · Omar Saddiqi · Ahmed Chalouan...(Eds.) Continental Evolution: The Geology of Morocco Structure, Stratigraphy, and Tectonics of the ...Faculty of Sciences B.P. 5366 Maârif Casablanca Morocco o.saddiqi@fsac.ac ma Prof. Dr. Ahmed Chalouan...University avenue Ibn Batouta Rabat B.P. 1014 Morocco chalouan@fsr.ac.ma Prof. Dr. Dominique Frizon...including the major Pan-African and Variscan cycles, Morocco has always been characterized by intense mining |  | | Report (issue) | | France d’Outre-Mer CAMP Central Atlantic Magmatic Province CGIAR-CSI Consultative Group on International...Reserves Committee (Australasian) LIP Large Igneous Province LREE Light rare-earth element METI Ministry...potential. Two other areas at el Mrhader and at el Hajar have indications of potential based on geophysics...Tasiast-Tijirit terrane, Amsaga Complex, Iguilid Massif, Bou Naga alkaline complex and other features discussed...the mineralized veins in the area of the abandoned mine (plant site indicated by rectangle) in the south-west | | | Report (issue) | | France d’Outre-Mer CAMP Central Atlantic Magmatic Province CGIAR-CSI Consultative Group on International...Reserves Committee (Australasian) LIP Large Igneous Province LREE Light rare-earth element METI Ministry...potential. Two other areas at el Mrhader and at el Hajar have indications of potential based on geophysics...Tasiast-Tijirit terrane, Amsaga Complex, Iguilid Massif, Bou Naga alkaline complex and other features discussed...the mineralized veins in the area of the abandoned mine (plant site indicated by rectangle) in the south-west |  | Draidia, Salah, El Ouahabi, Meriam, Daoudi, Lahcen, Havenith, Hans-Balder, Fagel, Nathalie (2016) Occurrences and genesis of palygorskite/sepiolite and associated minerals in the Barzaman formation, United Arab Emirates. Clay Minerals, 51 (5) 763-779 doi:10.1180/claymin.2016.051.5.06 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Environment, University of Cadi Ayaad, Marrakech, Morocco (Received 24 February 2016; revised 17 August 2016;...sequences lying along the western margin of the Hajar Mountains, part of the Oman–UAE ophiolite. This...direct precipitation from solution rich in Ca, Mg, Al, Fe and Si ions. KEYWORDS: Dubai, palygorskite/sepiolite...1973; Badraoui et al., 1992; Daoudi, 2004; Hillier & Pharande, 2008; Knidiri et al., 2014). The authigenic...Si and Mg activities (Golden et al., 1985; Birsoy, 2002; Hong et al., 2007). Lacustrine and *E-mail: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | shearing, pyrite–sericite–carbonate alteration and development stockworks of quartz–carbonate–pyrite veins...post-metamorphic hydrothermal alterations. The chemistry of pyrite from the mineralized veins and stringers indicates...reaches ~0.3 wt.%. Chlorite that co-exists with pyrite in the hydrothermally altered metavolcanics is...volcanogenic gold-bearing pyrite in addition to gold associated with pyrite in quartz veins along shear...back-arc rifts or rifted marginal basins (Franklin et al., 1999). The VMS deposits are major sources of gold | | | Report (issue) | | voids. B, Close-up of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite in quartz vein cutting limonite altered quartzite...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...mature epicontinental backarcs (for example, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Bathurst). Each of the five subtypes can...the nature of the Mesoarchean volcanism in this region of Mauritania. The Rgueïbat Shield in northwestern | | | Report (issue) | | voids. B, Close-up of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite in quartz vein cutting limonite altered quartzite...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...mature epicontinental backarcs (for example, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Bathurst). Each of the five subtypes can...the nature of the Mesoarchean volcanism in this region of Mauritania. The Rgueïbat Shield in northwestern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | | weathered laterite profile from the Tasiast-Tijirit region showing the progressive weathering of the serpentinized...Ni-laterite occurrence are shown. A, The geology in the region consists of granodiorite, gneiss, mafic metavolcanic...trending mostly north-northeast are also mapped in the region (black lines). B, The RTP map shows through-going...View along the margin of the Iguilid metagabbro massif .................................................occurrence. A. (Cr×100)/(Cr+Al) vs (Mg×100)/(Mg+Fe2+) plot. B. Ternary plot of Fe3+, Al, and Cr. C. TiO2 vs (100×Cr)/(Cr+Al) | | | Report (issue) | | weathered laterite profile from the Tasiast-Tijirit region showing the progressive weathering of the serpentinized...Ni-laterite occurrence are shown. A, The geology in the region consists of granodiorite, gneiss, mafic metavolcanic...trending mostly north-northeast are also mapped in the region (black lines). B, The RTP map shows through-going...View along the margin of the Iguilid metagabbro massif .................................................occurrence. A. (Cr×100)/(Cr+Al) vs (Mg×100)/(Mg+Fe2+) plot. B. Ternary plot of Fe3+, Al, and Cr. C. TiO2 vs (100×Cr)/(Cr+Al) |  | Harbi, Hesham M., Ali, Kamal A., McNaughton, Neal J., Andresen, Arild (2018) U-Pb zircon and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of sericite from hydrothermal alteration zones: new constraints for the timing of Ediacaran gold mineralization in the Sukhaybarat area, western Afif terrane, Saudi Arabia. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (4) 459-476 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0751-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz-arsenopyrite veins (Sukhaybarat East), quartz-carbonate-pyrite veins (Red Hill), and subordinate gold-base metal...from a mineralized sample of a quartz-carbonate-pyrite vein, that was overprinted by molybdenite-bearing...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 | | Taylor, Cliff D., Finn, Carol A., Anderson, Eric D., Joud, M. Y., Taleb, M. A., Horton, John D. (2015) Algoma-, Superior-, and oolitic-type iron deposits of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 83): Chapter O in Second projet de renforcement institutionnel du secteur minier de la République Islamique de Mauritanie (PRISM-II). Open-File Report Vol. 2015 (2013-1280) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20131280o | Report (issue) | | district, (6) the Ijibbitene Group of the Ijibbitene massif, and (7) the Guenieba and Gadel Groups of the Gorgol...Formation along the road from Zouérate to the Tazadit #1 mine (modified from Bronner and Chauvel, 1979) ........relation to mapped iron formation and the Tasiast gold mine ..................................................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 | | | Report (issue) | | district, (6) the Ijibbitene Group of the Ijibbitene massif, and (7) the Guenieba and Gadel Groups of the Gorgol...Formation along the road from Zouérate to the Tazadit #1 mine (modified from Bronner and Chauvel, 1979) ........relation to mapped iron formation and the Tasiast gold mine ..................................................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 |
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Hajar Mine, Guemassa Massif, Aghouatim-Tidrara Caïdat, Tahannaout Cercle, Al Haouz Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco