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

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

mindat Locality ID: 219835
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219835.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Igoudrane Mine
Imiter Mine
Taouzzakt Hill

Latitude: 31°20'43"N
Longitude: 5°43'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.345277777778,-5.7313888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
CobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEnargiteFeldsparFluoriteKaolinite
LöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteVivianiteWurtzite
XanthoconiteZircon

68 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cattierite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Eugenite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Imiterite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Luanheite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S577563285577,855782793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5775631855788803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO25775631855782162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)5775631855782734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)577563285577,855783250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5775631855789052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25775631855785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)57756318557811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45775631855785516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11577563185578843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)577563285577,8557827770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6577563185578359
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS257756318557830
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)577563285578,855794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS257756318557827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS563563285577,855782600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS577563185578966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5775631855784165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3577563185578802
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4577563185578651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25775631855789895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)577563185578180
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4577563185578910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O577563185578814
Eugenite  (*)NoneAg11Hg256356318557817
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25775631855779617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12577563185578663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS577563385577,85578,8557924243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS577563185578131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5775631855787437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O357756318557814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O5775631855791689
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS2563563285577,8557817
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45775631855785591
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O577563185578149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2577563185578987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2577563185578762
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg56356318557817
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)257756318557812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2577563285577,855785674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS563563185578255
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl577563285578,855791107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)257756318557817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5775631855782349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS577563185578767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]577563185578249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]577563285577,85578716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3577563185578733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS35775631855781425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS257756318557839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85775631855789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO257756318557861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25775631855785614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5775631855786417
Silver  (*)CopperAg577563285577,855785186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)5775631855782473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS577563285577,8557821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4577563185578586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S357756318557862
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS577563185578332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S135775631855781803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135775631855785317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5775631855784899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS577563185578293
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2577563185578106
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4577577285578,855791655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS357756318557889
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)5775631855785251


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00023563563 U-Pb, Ar-Ar     Eugenite, Imiterite, Luanheite, MetacinnabarHg2394Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Cheilletz et al. (2002)10.1007/s00126-002-0317-0MD37_772 
Mo-00037577577 U-Pb, Ar-Ar     WulfeniteMo2394Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Cheilletz et al. (2002)10.1007/s00126-002-0317-0MD37_772 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080014Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Moroccohttps://rruff.info/R080014
R080016Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Moroccohttps://rruff.info/R080016
R050611Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Moroccohttps://rruff.info/R050611
R080013Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Moroccohttps://rruff.info/R080013

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