Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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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 carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone |
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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 |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1971 until 1993; 4 million metric tons lead metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-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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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1971; 6 million metric tons lead metal; Combined with production?: yes; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-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% |