Silver mine.
Located about 20 km east of Boumalne-Dadès.
References:
- Barral, J.-P., Favreau, G. and Lheur, C. (2008). La mine d'argent d'Imiter (Maroc) - Géologie, histoire exploitation et description des espèces minérales. Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 3/2008, 1-110. (in French)
- Guillou, J.-J., Monthel, J., Picot, P., Pillard, F., Protas, J., and Samama, J.-C. (1985) L'imitérite, Ag2HgS2, nouvelle espèce minérale; propriétés et structure cristalline. Bulletin de Mineralogie 108, 457-464.
- Mineralogical Record 20(5), 396.
- Cheilletz A, Levresse G, Gasquet D, Azizi Samir MR, Zyadi R, Archibald D, 2002 The Imiter epithermal silver deposit (Morocco) : new petrographic, microtectonic and geochronological data. Importance of the Precambrian-Cambrian transition for major precious metals deposits in the Anti-Atlas. Mineralium Deposita, 37, 772-781.
- Levresse G, Cheilletz A, Gasquet D, Reisberg L., Deloule E, Kyser K., Marty B., 2004. Osmium, sulphur, and helium isotopic results from the giant neoproterozoic epithermal imiter silver deposit, Morocco evidence for mantle source. Chemical Geology. 207, 59-79.
- Levresse Gilles, 2001. Contribution a l'elaboration d'un modele genétique des gisements (Ag-Hg)d'Imiter, (Co, Ni, Au) Bou Azzer et (Pb, Zn, Ag, Au) Bou Madine, Anti-Atlas, Maroc. PhD tesis, INPL-Nancy France (in French)
- http://www.strahlen.org/vp/ma/imiter/
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