CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
166 Morocco (West) 30.05.40 N -- 008.21 W Talat N Ouamane 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): Talat N Ouamane
Political location(s): Morocco; Province or state: West; Nearest community: Agadir
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; impregnations in siltstone
Geologic province: Western Anti-Atlas
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate-siltstone
Individual lithologies:siltstone
limestone
dolomite
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) impregnations in siltstone
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

Chazan, W., 1963
Caracteres Tectoniques de Quelques Gisements de Cuivre Stratiformes de L'anti-Atlas Occidental
in Gisements Stratiformes de Cuivre en Afrique: Symposium, 2 Partie, Tectonique (Stratiform Copper Deposits in Africa: Symposium, Part 2, Tectonics), Edited by Lombard, J.; Nicolini, P., International Geological Congress (Lusaka, 1962), African Geological Surveys, 2, 265 p, p. 24 - 30

Elsass, P., 1974
Structures Sedimentaires et Mineralization Dans le Gite de Talate N'ouamane Anti-Atlas Occidental, Maroc
in Gisements Stratiformes et Provinces Cupriferes, Liege 1974, Edited by Bartholomé, P.; de Magnée, I.; Evrard, P.; Moreau, J., Centenaire de la Societe Geologique de Beligique, Societe Geologique de Belgique, 427 p., 2 maps, p. 331 - 338

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

Routhier, P., 1983
Where Are the Metals for the Future?
in The Metal Provinces-An Essay On Global Metallogeny, Edited by Routhier, P., Editions du BRGM, Bureau de Recherches Geologique et Minieres, France, Ch. 4.2, 400 p, p. 51 - 53

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1982; 3,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.5 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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