CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
167 Morocco (West) 29.23 N -- 009.02 W Agoujgal Cu; U
 
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): Agoujgal
Political location(s): Morocco; Province or state: West; Nearest community: Toznit (75 km SE)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; in arkose between dolomite (above) and siltstone (below)
Geologic province: Western Anti-Atlas
Commodities: Cu; U
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-sandstone
Individual lithologies:phyllite
arkose
shale
dolomite
sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Formation de Base, Tamjout Series

(2) metamorphic; schist
Individual lithologies:schist
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in arkose between dolomite(above)&siltstone (below); gypsum widespread in marls overlying Cu; mineralization-with varying grades-occurs up to 20m thick
References:
Chazan, W.; Fauvelet, E., 1962
Copper Stratiform Deposits in Western Anti Atlas (Morocco)
4, in Gisements Stratiformes de Cuivre en Afrique: Symposium, 1 Partie, Lithologie, Sedimentologie (Stratiform Copper Deposits in Africa: Symposium Part 1, Lithology, Sedimentology), Edited by Lombard, J.; Nicolini, P., International Geological Congress (Copenhagen, 1960), African Geological Surveys, 1, 265 p, p. 43 - 52

Davidson, C. F., 1965
A Possible Mode of Origin of Strata-Bound Copper Ores
Economic Geology, Volume 60, p. 942 - 954

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

Pouit, G., 1966
Paleogeographie et Repartition des Mineralisations Stratiformes de Cuivre dans l'Anti-Atlas Occidental (Maroc)
Chronique de la Recherche Miniere, Volume 356, p. 279 - 289

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1982; 800,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.7 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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