Sidi-Daoui Opencast Operations

MA / Chaouia - Ouardigha

•32.86618, -6.63164View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Sidi-Daoui Opencast Operations is a mineral prospect in Casablanca*, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Dalle A Thersite, Lutetian (Limestone, Chert). Reported specimens include Fluorite. The site was discovered in 1922; production ran from 1956 to 1982.

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Fluorite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Dalle A Thersite, Lutetian — Limestone, Chert

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Discovered: 1922
First production: 1956
Last production: 1982

Records and references

Cited references

BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONSALVAN, H. 1960: LES PHOSPHATES DE CHAUX SEDIMENTAIRES DU MAROC. NOTES MAROCAINES; SOC. GEOGR. MAROC, NO.14, P.7-20, RABATMOUNTASSIR, M. EL. 1977: LA ZONE RUBEFIEE DE SIDI DAOUI... THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURGBELFKIRA, O. 1980: EVOLUTIONS SEDIMENTOLOGIQUES ET GEOCHIMIQUES DE LA SERIE PHOSPHATEE DU MAESTRICHTIEN DES OULAD ABDOUN. THESIS, UNIVERSITY GRENOBLEINFORMATION OBTAINED DURING VISIT IN APRIL 1982

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10024671 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 32.86618, -6.63164

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