Touissit
Touissit is a town in Jerada Province, Oriental, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 3429.[1]
The Touissit-Bou Beker district is the most important Mississippi Valley-Type (MVT) mining district of Northern Africa.[2] Touissit-Bou Beker is well-known among mineral collectors for fine specimens of Anglesite, cerussite, azurite, vanadinite and other minerals.[3]
References
- ^ World Gazetteer
- ^ S. Makhoukhi et al., 2000, Modelling of an MVT deposit: Touissit-Bou Beker district (eastern Morocco). Journal of Geochemical Exploration Volumes 69-70, June 2000, Pages 109-113. doi:10.1016/S0375-6742(00)00130-8
- ^ Toussit district at Mindat.org