Meskala

MA / Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz

•31.41631, -9.16505View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Meskala is a mineral prospect, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe it as a CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE deposit. Reported specimens include Fluorite. The site was discovered in 1920.

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Fluorite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Discovered: 1920

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, RABAT

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 60000676 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 31.41631, -9.16505

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