Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Igoudrane Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 577
Youngest recorded age at locality: 563

mindat Locality ID: 214451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Igoudrane Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Calcite	Copper	Fluorite	Marcasite	None	Polybasite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag C Ca Cu F Fe Hg O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu F Fe Hg O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Calcite Copper Fluorite Marcasite None Polybasite Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Imiterite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	577	563	2793
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	577	563	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	577	563	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	563	563	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	577	563	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	577	563	24243
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂	563	563	17
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	577	563	5674
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	577	563	716
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	577	563	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	577	563	21482

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00023	563	563		U-Pb, Ar-Ar						Yes		Eugenite, Imiterite, Luanheite, Metacinnabar	Hg	2394	Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco		Cheilletz et al. (2002)	10.1007/s00126-002-0317-0	MD37_772
	Mo-00037	577	577		U-Pb, Ar-Ar						Yes		Wulfenite	Mo	2394	Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco		Cheilletz et al. (2002)	10.1007/s00126-002-0317-0	MD37_772

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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