CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
165 Morocco (Boulemane) 30.45 N -- 004.15 W Tamarift; Tansrift Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Tamarift; Tansrift
Political location(s): Morocco; Province or state: Boulemane; Nearest community: Tansrift
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; impregnations in red sandstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Cretaceous (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (red)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) impregnations in red sandstone
References:
Caia, J., 1976
Paleogeographical and Sedimentological Controls of Copper, Lead and Zinc Mineralizations in the Lower Cretaceous Sandstones of Africa
Economic Geology, Volume 71, p. 409 - 422

Habashi, F.; Bassyowni, F. A., 1982
Morocco
10, in Mineral Resources of the Arab Countries, Laval University, Quebec, Edited by Habashi, F.; Bassyouni, F. A., Second Edition, Chemecon Publishing Limited, London, England, 60 p, p. 36 - 40

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1982; 1,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.3 percent
Reference: Habashi, F.; Bassyouni, F. A. (Editor(s)), 1982: Mineral Resources of the Arab Countries, Laval University, Quebec; Second Edition, Chemecon Publishing Limited, London, England, 60 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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