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


Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Guelb Moghrein, Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1280686
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1280686:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘAkjoujt Mine (Guelb Moghrein Mine), Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
References
Kolb, Jochen, Sakellaris, Gregori A., Meyer, F. Michael (2006) Controls on hydrothermal Fe oxide–Cu–Au–Co mineralization at the Guelb Moghrein deposit, Akjoujt area, Mauritania. Mineralium Deposita, 41 (1) 68-81 doi:10.1007/s00126-005-0041-7
Sakellaris, Grigorios Aarne & Meyer, Franz & Kolb, Jochen & Voudouris, Panagiotis. (2009). Implications for exsolution of Bi-Au-Ag-Te minerals from sulf-arsenides during retrograde metamorphism. A case study: Guelb Moghrein, Mauritania. RMS Annual Session 2009, Ontogeny of minerals applied to scientific and industrial uses, At St Petersburg
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
Markwitz, V., Hein, K. A., & Miller, J. (2016). Compilation of West African mineral deposits: Spatial distribution and mineral endowment. Precambrian Research, 274, 61-81.
Kolb, Jochen; Petrov, Nikolay (2016) The Guelb Moghrein Cu–Au deposit: Neoarchaean hydrothermal sulfide mineralization in carbonate-facies iron formation. Ore Geology Reviews, 78. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.09.003
 
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