CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
49 Morocco 34.29.24 N -- 001.42.00 W Beddiane Pb; Zn; Cu; Ag
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Beddiane
Political location(s): Morocco
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: producer
Geologic district: Touissit-Bou Becker District
Commodities: Pb; Zn; Cu; Ag
Mineralization styles: concordant collapse breccia cement; cavity fill; massive replacement
Geological ages: Middle Jurassic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Mineralogy: galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, marcasite, tetrahedrite, pyrite, dolomite
References:
Bouabdellah, M., 1993
Metallogenese d'un District de Type Mississippi Valley, Cas de Beddiande, district de Touissit-Bou Beker, Maroc
Thesis, Ph. D., Ecole Polytechnique (Universite de Montreal), 367 p.

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Production data: Report period: from 1971 until 1993; 4 million metric tons lead metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 15 percent
Reference: Bouabdellah, M., 1993: Metallogenese d'un District de Type Mississippi Valley, Cas de Beddiande, district de Touissit-Bou Beker, Maroc; Thesis, Ph. D., Ecole Polytechnique (Universite de Montreal), 367 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1971; 6 million metric tons lead metal; Combined with production?: yes; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 15 percent
Reference: Bouabdellah, M., 1993: Metallogenese d'un District de Type Mississippi Valley, Cas de Beddiande, district de Touissit-Bou Beker, Maroc; Thesis, Ph. D., Ecole Polytechnique (Universite de Montreal), 367 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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