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Zaid, Khadra; Bouabdellah, Mohammed; Levresse, Gilles; Idbaroud, Mohamed; Melchiorre, Erik; Mathur, Ryan; Jébrak, Michel; Potra, Adriana; Yans, Johan; Frenzel, Max; et al. (2025) Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco). Minerals, 15 (7). doi:10.3390/min15070669

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TitleMineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco)
JournalMinerals
AuthorsZaid, KhadraAuthor
Bouabdellah, MohammedAuthor
Levresse, GillesAuthor
Idbaroud, MohamedAuthor
Melchiorre, ErikAuthor
Mathur, RyanAuthor
Jébrak, MichelAuthor
Potra, AdrianaAuthor
Yans, JohanAuthor
Frenzel, MaxAuthor
Schijndel, Valby vanAuthor
Benaissi, LakhlifaAuthor
Belkacim, SaidAuthor
Year2025Volume<   15   >
Issue<   7   >
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DOIdoi:10.3390/min15070669Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceZaid, Khadra; Bouabdellah, Mohammed; Levresse, Gilles; Idbaroud, Mohamed; Melchiorre, Erik; Mathur, Ryan; Jébrak, Michel; Potra, Adriana; Yans, Johan; Frenzel, Max; et al. (2025) Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco). Minerals, 15 (7). doi:10.3390/min15070669
Plain TextZaid, Khadra; Bouabdellah, Mohammed; Levresse, Gilles; Idbaroud, Mohamed; Melchiorre, Erik; Mathur, Ryan; Jébrak, Michel; Potra, Adriana; Yans, Johan; Frenzel, Max; et al. (2025) Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco). Minerals, 15 (7). doi:10.3390/min15070669
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Abstract/NotesUnusual Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi)-bearing fault-fill vein ore shoot mineralization set in a gangue of quartz, fluorite, and barite has been identified in Morocco’s Aouli deposit. The Paleozoic host rocks consist of a succession of Cambrian to Ordovician-aged folded and low- to medium-grade metasediments and metavolcaniclastic rocks with tuff interbeds and amphibolite sills, locally intruded by late Visean calc-alkaline to alkaline granitoid intrusions. Paragenetic relationships indicate that the sequence of ore precipitation comprises a succession of Ni-Co-Fe arsenides, followed by Pb-Sb-As-Ag-Hg sulfarsenides/sulfosalts and then Zn-Pb-Fe sulfides. Results indicate that the ore shoot mineralization formed from episodic stages of fracturing and subsequent fluid migration. Precipitation of ore phases is thought to have occurred as a result of isothermal mixing and subsequent fluid–rock interactions. The timing of mineralization is thought to have occurred between Late Triassic and Late Miocene, coinciding with major crustal extension and Middle Jurassic–Upper Cretaceous alkaline magmatism. Thermal convection and seismic pumping are proposed as the main driving force for the large-scale migration of the ore-forming brines. This research bears directly upon the potential for new exploration targets in Pb-Zn ± fluorite ± barite deposits hosted in Variscan inliers throughout North Africa.

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Ansegmir, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Aouli, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Henri vein, Aouli, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Chebka Sidi Said, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Poulet, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Sidi Ayad, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

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Chebka Sidi Said, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Acanthite, Adularia, Alkali basalt, Amphibole Supergroup, Amphibolite, Anhydrite, Ankerite, Apatite, Argillite, Arkose, Arsenolite, Azurite, Baryte, Basalt, Biotite, Black shale, Breccia, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Clinosafflorite, Conglomerate, Dolomite, Dolostone, Erythrite, Fluorite, Galena, Granite, Granitoid, Imiterite, K Feldspar, Lacustrine deposit, Limestone, Limonite, Löllingite, Malachite, Marl, Mudstone, Muscovite, Native Silver, Nickelskutterudite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrite, Quartz, Quartzite, Rammelsbergite, Rutile, Rutile Group, Safflorite, Schist, Sericite, Shale, Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite, Skutterudite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series, Tetrahedrite Subgroup, Tuff


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