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Bechar basin, African Platei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bechar basin | Basin |
| African Plate | Tectonic Plate |
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Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| BÃĐchar | 143,382 (2018) |
| Arfoud | 23,637 (2018) |
| Reçani | 20,469 (2018) |
| Marzouga | 500 (2018) |
| Hassilabied | 150 (2018) |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| â | Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
| â | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
| â | Hexamolybdenum | 1.AE.05 | (Mo,Ru,Fe,Ir,Os) |
| â | Tetrataenite | 1.AE.10 | FeNi |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| â | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| â | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| â | Nickeline | 2.CC.05 | NiAs |
| â | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| â | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| â | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| â | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| â | Rammelsbergite | 2.EB.15a | NiAs2 |
| â | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| â | Gersdorffite | 2.EB.25 | NiAsS |
| â | Nickelskutterudite | 2.EC.05 | NiAs3 |
| â | 'Tennantite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| â | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| â | Hercynite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Al2O4 |
| â | Spinel | 4.BB.05 | MgAl2O4 |
| â | var. Pleonaste | 4.BB.05 | (Mg,Fe)Al2O4 |
| â | Krotite (TL) | 4.BC.35 | CaAl2O4 |
| â | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| â | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| â | Grossite | 4.CC.15 | CaAl4O7 |
| â | Chlormayenite | 4.CC.20 | Ca12Al14O32[âŧ4Cl2] |
| â | Perovskite | 4.CC.30 | CaTiO3 |
| â | Hibonite | 4.CC.45 | CaAl12O19 |
| â | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| â | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| â | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| â | Coronadite | 4.DK.05a | Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 |
| â | Manganite | 4.FD.15 | Mn3+O(OH) |
| â | Carnotite | 4.HB.05 | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| â | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| â | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| â | Ankerite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| â | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| â | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| â | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| â | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| â | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| â | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| â | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| â | Brochantite | 7.BB.25 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| â | Caledonite | 7.BC.50 | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| â | Linarite | 7.BC.65 | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| â | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| â | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| â | Merrillite | 8.AC.45 | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
| â | Pseudomalachite | 8.BD.05 | Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 |
| â | Mottramite | 8.BH.40 | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| â | Mimetite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| â | Pyromorphite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| â | Vanadinite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| â | Phosphohedyphane | 8.BN.05 | Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl |
| â | Annabergite | 8.CE.40 | Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| â | Erythrite | 8.CE.40 | Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| â | Forsterite | 9.AC.05 | Mg2SiO4 |
| â | Gehlenite | 9.BB.10 | Ca2Al[AlSiO7] |
| â | Diopside | 9.DA.15 | CaMgSi2O6 |
| â | Celsian | 9.FA.30 | Ba(Al2Si2O8) |
| â | Anorthite | 9.FA.35 | Ca(Al2Si2O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| â | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| â | 'Desert Rose' | - | |
| â | 'Limonite' | - | |
| â | 'Psilomelane' | - | |
| â | 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
| â | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| â | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| â | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
| â | 'Garnierite' | - | |
| â | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| â | 'Manganese Oxides' | - | |
| â | 'Olivine Group' | - | M2SiO4 |
| â | 'Melilite Group' | - | Ca2M(XSiO7) |
| â | 'Low-calcium pyroxene' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Fossils
There are 142 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 2601 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 478 Ma (Early/Lower Ordovician) |
| Stratigraphic Units | Click here to view 31 stratigraphic units. |
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. |
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 142 fossil localities |
- BÃĐchar Province
- DrÃĒa-Tafilalet Region
- Errachidia Province
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Aferdou N'Chaft
- Cretaceous🐚 Aferdou N'Chaft mesa
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Amadel N'Ghioul
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Amadel N'Ghioul West
- Devonian🐚 Amessoui 14a
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Bou Ifarherioun S
- Silurian🐚 Bou-Maiz
- Devonian🐚 Carbonate mud mound - Aferdou el Mrakib
- Devonian🐚 Carbonate mud mounds - Jebel el Oftal
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Chaaft
- Middle Devonian🐚 Dar Kaoua
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Darelkarib
- Ordovician🐚 Destombes Loc. 1270. Tizi on Mekhazni
- Ordovician🐚 Destombes Loc. 1777. Entre le Jbel Amouguer et le Jbel Tairhoumt
- Devonian🐚 Earliest Eifelian nodular limestones at Gara Mdouara
- Devonian🐚 Eifelian 'red cliff' at Hamar Laghdad
- Devonian🐚 Eifelian at El Kachla
- Devonian🐚 Eifelian at Hassi Chebbi West
- Devonian🐚 Eifelian at Jebel Ouaoufilal East
- Devonian🐚 Eifelian at Rich Tamirant
- Early/Lower Devonian🐚 El Atrous
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 El Atrous East
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 El Atrous North
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 El Atrous West
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 El Gara
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 El Haroun
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 El Khraouia
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 El Kraouhia
- Devonian🐚 Emsian at Achguig East
- Devonian🐚 Emsian at Achguig West
- Devonian🐚 Emsian at Hassi Tachbit
- Devonian🐚 Emsian at Jebel Mech Irdane South
- Devonian🐚 Emsian at Jebel Ouaoufilal West
- Devonian🐚 Emsian at Ouidane Chebbi
- Devonian🐚 Emsian marly nodular limestones at Rich Haroun
- Devonian🐚 Er Raouiya
- Early/Lower Devonian🐚 Filon 12
- Paleozoic🐚 Filon Douze Tafilalt bed OP
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-A
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-B
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-C
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-D
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-F
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-G
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-H
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-I
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-J
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-K
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-L
- Carboniferous🐚 GI-M
- Cretaceous🐚 Hamada du Guir
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Hamada du Guir pterosaur
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Hamar Laghdad
- Devonian🐚 Hamar Laghdad mud mounds
- Devonian🐚 Hamer El Khdad 1
- Cretaceous🐚 Hammada du Guir
- Devonian🐚 Hassi Nebch 20
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Hassi Nebech
- Errachidia Province
- DrÃĒa-Tafilalet Region
- Errachidia Province
- Middle Devonian🐚 Hassi Nebech section 2
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Hassi Tissedimine
- Devonian🐚 Hollard Mound slope
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Iferd Nou Harouar
- Devonian🐚 Jbel Amelane 1 top
- Devonian🐚 Jbel Bou Ifraherioun 2
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Jbel El Atrous II 6
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Jebel Aoufilal
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Jebel Begâaa
- Paleozoic🐚 Jebel Debouaa
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Jebel Ouaoufilal
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Jebel Ouaoufilal East
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Kem Kem region
- Paleozoic🐚 Khabt-el-Hajar
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Korb-el-Atil
- Paleozoic🐚 Ksar Bouhamed A
- Early/Lower Devonian🐚 Late Emsian marls and limestones at Hassi Moudaras
- Devonian🐚 Late Emsian nodular limestones at Jebel Amelane
- Early/Lower Devonian🐚 Locality 3
- Early/Lower Devonian🐚 Locality 5
- Devonian🐚 Lower Hamar Laghdad Limestone
- Late/Upper Ordovician🐚 MS1. Merzane
- Early/Lower Devonian🐚 Mud mounds at Hamar Laghdad
- Carboniferous🐚 Near Taouz
- Devonian🐚 Oued Chebbi East
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Ouidane Chebbi
- Devonian🐚 Oum El Jerane
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Oum El Jerane C
- Paleozoic🐚 Ouzina
- Carboniferous🐚 Plain south of Dar Kaoua
- Devonian🐚 Quidane Chebbi 1
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Rich Haroun
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Seheb el Rhassal
- Devonian🐚 Seheb el Rhassal 1
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 South of Amelane Pass
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Southeast region of Taouz
- Devonian🐚 Southern Jebel Mech Agrou
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Southwest of Taouz
- Cretaceous🐚 Tafilalt region
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Takhbtit
- Devonian🐚 Takkat Ou El Heyene
- Cretaceous🐚 Taouz-Hammada du Guir
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 upper II-D-E2
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Well at Bainbridge
- Carboniferous🐚 Zrigat area
- Arfoud Cercle
- Arfoud (Erfoud)
- Late/Upper Ordovician🐚 Ã l'Ouest de l'oued er Rosfa el Hamra.
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 Bordj d'Erfoud
- Devonian🐚 Bou Tchrafine section II 14
- Devonian🐚 Bou Tchrafine West 1
- Early/Lower Devonian🐚 BT 31-1
- Early/Lower Devonian🐚 BTW 1
- Middle Ordovician🐚 Destombes Loc. 1236. Jbel Bou Legroun
- Middle Ordovician🐚 Destombes Loc. 1247. Tinjarfiouine
- Middle Ordovician🐚 Destombes Loc. 1320. East of Khabt el Hejar
- Early/Lower Ordovician🐚 Destombes Loc. 1540. SW of the Jbel Tijakhet
- Devonian🐚 Early Emsian claystones at Ras El Kebbar
- Devonian🐚 Eifelian at Bou Tchrafine East
- Devonian🐚 Eifelian at Bou Tchrafine West
- Devonian🐚 Eifelian at Erfoud Bordj Est
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Khetitila Srhira
- Late/Upper Ordovician🐚 MN3. Merzane
- Late/Upper Ordovician🐚 MN4. Merzane
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Tizi 'n' Taggourt
- Late/Upper Devonian🐚 UD II-G
- Arfoud (Erfoud)
- Tinghir Province
- Errachidia Province
Localities in this Region
- BÃĐchar Province
- Abadla District
- BÃĐchar District
- BÃĐchar
- KÃĐnadsa District
- MÃĐridja
- DrÃĒa-Tafilalet Region
- Errachidia Province
- Arfoud Cercle
- Er-Rissani Cercle
- Errachidia Province
- DrÃĒa-Tafilalet Region
- Errachidia Province
- Er-Rissani Cercle
- Taouz CaÃŊdat
- Er-Rissani Cercle
- Tinghir Province
- Alnif Cercle
- Errachidia Province
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
AfricaContinent
African PlateTectonic Plate
- Atlas MountainsMountain Range
- Tuareg Shield
- Pharusian BeltVolcanic Arc
- West African CratonCraton
- Anti-AtlasMountain Range
- Tindouf BasinShield
North Africa
- Sahara DesertDesert
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Vein 12, Tadaout, Taouz CaÃŊdat, Er-Rissani Cercle, Errachidia Province, DrÃĒa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco