Taourirt

Prospect in Morocco with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191093
MAS/MILS ID 7140270001
Record type Site
Current site name Taourirt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -2.86217, 34.40939 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morocco(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Morocco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -2.86217, 34.40939

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Indicated 2000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2000000mt ore
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 42.5 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BATTELLE INSTITUTE. WORLD MARKET FOR FLUORINE MINERALS AND

  • Deposit

    CHEMICALS, JUNE,1973, GENEVA,SWITZ., P.A106.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501.SHEET NI 30-7.SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESERVE ESTIMATE IS FROM A PARTIALLY COMPLETE STAGE OF EXPLORATION MINERALOGY IS SAID TO BE RATHER COMPLEX VEIN DEPOSITS;REPLACEMENT ZONES IN LIMESTONE. EXACT LOCATION OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN; CO-ORDINATES ARE OF CITY OF TAOURIRT,95 KM SW OF OUJDA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.