Tessaout

Prospect in Marrakech, Morocco with commodities Barium-Barite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255676
MAS/MILS ID 7140190009
Record type Site
Current site name Tessaout
Alternate or previous names Benguerir

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -7.33163, 32.24955 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marrakech(province)

Morocco(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Morocco Marrakech

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -7.33163, 32.24955

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF, MINING MAGAZINE, 1969, PHOSPHATE IN MORROCO: JUNE

  • Deposit

    1969, VOL. 120, NO. 6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENGUERIR IS THE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT, TESSAOUT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 65 KM DUE EAST OF BENGUERIR, NEAR ZAOUIA SIDI HATTAB. RELATIONSHIP OF BARITE VEINS TO PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IS NOT KNOWN AT PRESENT TIME (1979).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Rupp / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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