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Aghbar Cobalt Deposit Arhbar-Morocco

Past Producer in Morocco with commodity Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069384
MRDS ID W006875
Record type Site
Current site name Aghbar Cobalt Deposit Arhbar-Morocco
Alternate or previous names Arhbar Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -6.91502, 30.83293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position LOCATED SOUTH OF THE HAUT-ATLAS MOUNTAINS AND 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TAZENAKHT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morocco(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Morocco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cobaltite Ore
Erythrite Ore
Heterogenite Ore
Niccolite Ore
Safflorite Ore
Smaltite Ore

Analytical data

Result AT AGHBAR, THE AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF COBALT AND ACCOMPANYING METALS IN FIRST-GRADE ORE IS COBALT 9.0, NICKEL 1.2, IRON 11.5, AND 4.0 G.P.T. OF SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -6.91502, 30.83293
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Quarzazate Province

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.75 % Co
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Cobalt Cobalt 2wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDREWS, R.W., 1962, COBALT: OVERSEAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION, LONDON, HER JAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, P. 143-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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