Mine detail: Bou Azzer Deposit

Location:	Ouarzazate, Morocco, Africa
Lat / long:	30.53295, -6.91502
dep_id:	10110431
mrds_id:	W006874
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Cobalt, Nickel
Trace mineral:	Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Erythrite, Heterogenite, Niccolite, Pyrite, Safflorite, Skutterudite, Smaltite
model:	17: Limassol Forest Co-Ni
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type:	Peridotite
tectonic:	Obducted Ophiolite
Year first produced:	1932
disc_yr:	1931
References:	Deposit:: ANDREWS, R.W., 1962, COBALT: OVERSEAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION, LONDON, HER MAJEST* STATIONERY OFFICE, P. 143-. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1973, 1972 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL INC., P. 197 Deposit:: U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES, 1952, MATERIALS SURVEY: COBALT: WASHINGTON, U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR, BUR. OF MINES, P. VI-13. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 3/75, P. 131 Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987. Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P. Production:: ANDREWS, 1962; EM/J, 1972, 1973,1975; CROCKETT, 1987