This volume presents an exhaustive overview of major orebodies and mineral deposits of North Africa. It is intended both for academic researchers and especially for exploration geologists interested in mineral exploration in the northern part of the African continent. Recent changes in the mining laws of most countries in this region have encouraged international mining companies to invest in local mineral industries. Accordingly, this volume will be very useful for these professionals, as well as for researchers in the field of economic geology.
Author(s): Mohammed Bouabdellah, John F. Slack (eds.)
Series: Mineral Resource Reviews
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: XI, 594
Tags: Mineral Resources; Mineralogy; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Economic Geology
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Geologic and Metallogenic Framework of North Africa....Pages 3-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Degassing as the Main Ore-Forming Process at the Giant Imiter Ag–Hg Vein Deposit in the Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco....Pages 85-106
The Polymetallic (W–Au and Pb–Zn–Ag) Tighza District (Central Morocco): Ages of Magmatic and Hydrothermal Events....Pages 107-131
The Bou Madine Polymetallic Ore Deposit, Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco: Evolution from Massive Fe–As–Sn to Epithermal Au–Ag–Pb–Zn ± Cu Mineralization in a Neoproterozoic Resurgent Caldera Environment....Pages 133-142
U/Pb Ages of Magmatism in the Zgounder Epithermal Ag–Hg Deposit, Sirwa Window, Anti-Atlas, Morocco....Pages 143-165
Edough-Cap de Fer Polymetallic District, Northeast Algeria: II. Metallogenic Evolution of a Late Miocene Metamorphic Core Complex in the Alpine Maghrebide Belt....Pages 167-199
Skarn to Porphyry-Epithermal Transition in the Ouixane Fe District, Northeast Morocco: Interplay of Meteoric Water and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Fluids....Pages 201-225
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
The Bou Azzer Co–Ni–Fe–As(±Au ± Ag) District of Central Anti-Atlas (Morocco): A Long-Lived Late Hercynian to Triassic Magmatic-Hydrothermal to Low-Sulphidation Epithermal System....Pages 229-247
Edough-Cap de Fer Polymetallic District, Northeast Algeria: I. The Late Miocene Paleogeothermal System of Aïn Barbar and Its Cu–Zn–Pb Vein Mineralization....Pages 249-276
Re/Os Age Determination, Lead and Sulphur Isotope Constraints on the Origin of the Bouskour Cu–Pb–Zn Vein-Type Deposit (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and Its Relationship to Neoproterozoic Granitic Magmatism....Pages 277-290
Geology, Fluid Inclusions, and Geochemistry of the Aouli Sulphide ± Fluorite ± Barite Vein Deposit (Upper Moulouya District, Morocco) and Its Relationships to Pangean Rifting and Opening of the Tethys and Central Atlantic Oceans....Pages 291-305
Geology and Mineralogy of the El Hammam REE-Rich Fluorite Deposit (Central Morocco): A Product of Transtensional Pangean Rifting and Central Atlantic Opening....Pages 307-324
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
A Review of Gold Mineralization in Mali....Pages 327-351
Nature and Geodynamic Setting of Late Neoproterozoic Vein-Type Gold Mineralization in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Mineralogical and Geochemical Constraints....Pages 353-370
The Hoggar Gold and Rare Metals Metallogenic Province of the Pan-African Tuareg Shield (Central Sahara, South Algeria): An Early Cambrian Echo of the Late Ediacaran Murzukian Event?....Pages 371-404
The Granitoid-Related Tiouit Gold Deposit, Saghro Inlier, Eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco): Neoproterozoic Mineralization by a Polyphase Late-Magmatic to Hydrothermal System....Pages 405-414
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide–Oxide Gold Deposits of the Nubian Shield in Northeast Africa....Pages 417-435
Geologic, Hydrothermal, and Geochemical Relationships Between Bimodal Magmatism and Massive Sulphide Mineralization in the Central Jebilet-Guemassa Province (Western Moroccan Hercynides)....Pages 437-459
Front Matter....Pages 461-461
Geology, Geochemistry, and Current Genetic Models for Major Mississippi Valley-Type Pb–Zn Deposits of Morocco....Pages 463-495
Tectonomagmatic Context of Sedex Pb–Zn and Polymetallic Ore Deposits of the Nappe Zone Northern Tunisia, and Comparisons with MVT Deposits in the Region....Pages 497-525
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
The F’derik-Zouérate Iron District: Mesoarchean and Paleoproterozoic Iron Formation of the Tiris Complex, Islamic Republic of Mauritania....Pages 529-573
The High-Grade Imini Manganese District—Karst-Hosted Deposits of Mn Oxides and Oxyhydroxides....Pages 575-594
