Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

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

mindat Locality ID: 2394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2394.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 31°20'44"N
Longitude: 5°43'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.345555555556,-5.7316666666667
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 Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
CobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEnargiteFeldsparKaoliniteLöllingite
LinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconite
Zircon

66 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  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S57756302793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)57756308803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO257756302162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)57756302734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)57756303250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS57756309052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)257756305509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)577563011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS457756305516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S115775630843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)577563027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)65775630359
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS2577563030
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)57756304979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2577563027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS56356302600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS5775630966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS57756304165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S35775630802
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45775630651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)257756309895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)5775630180
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS45775630910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O5775630814
Eugenite  (*)NoneAg11Hg2563563017
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S125775630663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS577563024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS5775630131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)57756307437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3577563014640
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS2563563017
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)457756305591
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O5775630149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)25775630987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs25775630762
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg563563017
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2577563012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS257756305674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS5635630255
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl57756301107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2577563017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)57756302349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS5775630767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]5775630249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]5775630716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS35775630733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS357756301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2577563039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S857756309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2577563061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO257756305614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)57756306417
Silver  (*)CopperAg57756305186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)57756302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS577563021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS45775630586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3577563062
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS5775630332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1357756301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1357756305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O57756304899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS5775630293
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS25775630106
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO457757701655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3577563089
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)57756305251


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
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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