Youssoufia

MA / Doukkala - Abda

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Youssoufia is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe it as a CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT deposit. Reported specimens include Fluorite. The site was discovered in 1873; production began in 1931.

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Fluorite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Discovered: 1873
First production: 1931

Records and references

Cited references

BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONBOUJO A., 1976: CONTRIBUTION A L'ETUDE GEOLOGIQUE DU GISEMENT DE PHOSPHATE CRETACE-EOCENE DES GANNTOUR. NOTES ET MEM. DU SERV. GEOL. MAROC, NO.262, RABAT

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 60000679 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 32.18286, -8.49833

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