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Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Djebel Saghro (Jbel Saghro), Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

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Latitude: 31°20'44"N
Longitude: 5°43'55"W
Silver mine.
Located about 20 km east of Boumalne-Dadès.

References

- Skacel, J. (1975): Silver ore deposits in the Antiatlas of southern Morocco. Geologicky Pruzkum 17 (6), 175-178.
- 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.
- Barodi, E. B., Belkasmi, A., Bouchta, R. & Qadrouci, A. (1998): Silver deposits of Morocco: the Imiter deposit. Chronique de la Recherche Miniere 66, 77-92 (in French).
- Mineralogical Record 20(5), 396.
- 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)
- 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.
- Tuduri, J. et al. (2006): Modèle de formation du gisement d'argent d'Imiter (Anti-Atlas oriental, Maroc). Nouveaux apports de l'analyse
structurale et minéralogique. Comptes Rendus Geosciences 338, 253-261. [http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/06/72/49/PDF/JohanTuduti-CptesRendusGeosciences-2006.pdf]
- 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)
- Barral, J.-P., Favreau, G. and Lheur, C. (2009): Imiter, der größte Silberbergbau Marokkos: Geologie, Bergbaugeschichte und Mineralien. Lapis 34 (12), 15-43; 62 (in German).

- http://www.strahlen.org/vp/ma/imiter/ [Link dead. Sep 2011]

Mineral List

Acanthite
Albite
'Allanite' ?
Anatase
Anglesite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Bornite
Boulangerite
Calcite
Caledonite
Cattierite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cinnabar
Cobaltite
Cornwallite ?
Covellite
Cubanite
Dickite
Dolomite
Dyscrasite
Enargite
Erythrite
Eugenite
Fettelite ?
Freibergite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Hematite
Illite
Imiterite (TL)
Kaolinite
Lavendulan
Linarite
Löllingite
Luanheite
Malachite
Marcasite
Metacinnabar
Mimetite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Orthoclase
Pearceite
Polybasite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrostilpnite ?
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Siderite
Silver
var: Amalgam
var: Kongsbergite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stephanite
Sternbergite
Stromeyerite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Ullmannite
Vaesite
Wulfenite
Xanthoconite
Zircon


76 entries listed. 70 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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