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Fluorite from
Tamazert Complex (Tamazeght Complex), Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tamazert Complex (Tamazeght Complex), Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1430813
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1430813:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘJebel Bou-Agrao, Amersid, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘTaaraarte Mines, Agoudim Caïdat, Boumia Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘChebka Sidi Said, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘBarrage Hassan II, Zaïda, Itzer Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘAouli, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘJbel Ayachi, Tounfit Caïdat, Boumia Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘSidi Ayed (Sidi Ayad), Boulemane Caïdat, Boulemane Cercle, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco
39.0km (24.2 miles) ⓘZeida Pb deposit, Zaïda, Itzer Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
References
Jeremine, E., & Dubar, G. (1947). * MINERALOGIE-NOTE SUR LES SYENITES NEPHELINIQUES A EUDIALYTE DU MASSIF ERUPTIF DU BOU AGRAO (HAUT-ATLAS, MAROC). COMPTES RENDUS HEBDOMADAIRES DES SEANCES DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES, 224(13), 1022-1023.
Jeremine, E. (1949). Étude pétrographique des roches éruptives et métamorphiques du massif de Bou Agrao. Notes. Serv. Geol. Maroc., 74, 119-147.
Agard, J. (1960). Les carbonatites et les roches a'silicates et carbonates associe¤ s du massif de roches alcalines du Tamazeght (Haut Atlas de Midelt, Maroc) et les proble'mes de leur gene'se. In Proceedings of the 21st International Geological Congress, Norden, Norway (Vol. 13, pp. 293-303).
Tisserant, D. (1976). DONNEES GEOCHRONOLOGIQUES SUR LE COMPLEXE DE ROCHES ALCALINES DU TAMAZEGHT (HAUT-ATLAS. DE MIDELT), MAROC. Bulletin du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, II, 3, 279-283.
Aghchmi, E. M. (1984). Les carbonatites filoniennes de l'Oued Tamazeght et leurs relations avec les métasyénites (Haut Atlas de Midelt Maroc).
Bouabdli, A., Dupuy, C., & Dostal, J. (1988). Geochemistry of Mesozoic alkaline lamprophyres and related rocks from the Tamazert massif, High Atlas (Morocco). Lithos, 22(1), 43-58. doi.org/10.1016/0024-4937(88)90028-X
Bernard-Griffiths, J., Fourcade, S., & Dupuy, C. (1991). Isotopic study (Sr, Nd, O and C) of lamprophyres and associated dykes from Tamazert (Morroco): crustal contamination processes and source characteristics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 103(1-4), 190-199. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(91)90160-J
Mourtada, S. (1997). Pétrogenèse des carbonatites et contribution à l'étude des minéralisations (NB, Tr, Ba et Sr) associées: exemple du complexe alcalin de Tamazert (Haut-Atlas marocain) (Doctoral dissertation, Clermont-Ferrand 2).
Mourtada, S., Le Bas, M. J., & Pin, C. (1997). Pétrogenèse des magnésio-carbonatites du complexe de Tamazert (Haut Atlas marocain). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences-Series IIA-Earth and Planetary Science, 325(8), 559-564. doi.org/10.1016/S1251-8050(97)89455-4
Salvi, S., Fontan, F., Monchoux, P., Williams-Jones, A. E., Moine, B. (2000) Hydrothermal Mobilization of High Field Strength Elements in Alkaline Igneous Systems: Evidence from the Tamazeght Complex (Morocco). Economic Geology, 95 (3). 559-576 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.95.3.559
 
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