Ben-Guerir

MA / Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz

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Ben-Guerir is a mineral prospect, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Chemical Sediment, Marine deposit hosted in Maestrichtian (Sand and Gravel, Argillite, Limestone). Reported specimens include Fluorite. Production ran from 1980 to 1982.

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Fluorite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Host rock: Maestrichtian — Sand and Gravel, Argillite, Limestone

Mining history

Status: Prospect
First production: 1980
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 MAROC. SOC. GEOGR. MAROC, NO.14, P.7-20, RABATBOUJO, A., 1972: CONTRIBUTION A L'ETUDE GEOLOGIQUE DU GISEMENT GANNTOUR. THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURG,- PUBLISHED 1976 - NOTES ET MEM. SERV. GEOL. MAROC NO.262WADJINNY, A., 1979: MILIEU DE SEDIMENTATION... COUCHES INFERIEURES DE LA SERIE PHOSPHATE DE BEN GUERIR. THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURGINFORMATION OBTAINED DURING VISIT IN APRIL 1982 INTERNAL REPORT GERMAN EMBASSY, 1982

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10024674 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 32.24955, -7.76500

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