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Siderite from
Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Acanthite1 photo of Siderite associated with Acanthite at this locality.
Proustite1 photo of Siderite associated with Proustite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:113633
Long-form Identifier:1:3:113633:3
GUID (UUID V4):b485ff29-da3f-419a-b55b-6cfcb8ecd652
Nearest other occurrences of Siderite
72.2km (44.9 miles) Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour mining district, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
95.8km (59.5 miles) Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
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Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest region in recent decades; a history of the mineral discoveries...the estate. Many early minerals collected in the region about Spokane, Washington, are represented in the...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands
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and Age of Native Silver Deposits in AntiAtlas (Morocco) A. S. Borisenkoa, e, V. I. Lebedevb, A. A. Borovikova...mineralization: AntiAtlas in Morocco, Verkhoyansk region in Yaku tia, the Altai–Sayan region, and others. AntiAtlas...which hosts three known deposits of the Ag–Hg type (Imiter, Igoudran, Zgounder) and several ore occur rences...Co deposit [1–3], is most famous among them. The Imiter deposit, development of which started as early...present, is the largest of these deposits. The Imiter and Igourdan deposits are located among Middle
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of Earth Sciences Mohammed Ist University Oujda Morocco ISSN 2365-0559 Mineral Resource Reviews ISBN 978-3-319-31731-1...data on diverse types of metallic deposits in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Egypt, Sudan...terms of regional metallogeny and potential future mining activity. The lead paper, by M. Bouabdellah and...the setting and origin of major deposits in the region, together with information on tonnages and grades...Tritlla, D. Banks, and A. Samir describes the giant Imiter silver-mercury vein deposit and suggests that degassing
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Wire Silver Kongsberg, Norway Wire Gold Ground Hog Mine, Gilman, Colorado S ince the dawn of civilization...gold, 11.7 cm tall, from the Ground Hog mine, Gillman district, Eagle County, Colorado. Harvard Mineralogical...of native silver production, the Freiberg mining district of Saxony, Germany, is far older and equally...years. It was in fact German miners (of the Harz district), because of their already historic experience...in Kongsberg (Johnsen 1986). The Freiberg mining district is a network of veins hosted in the crystalline
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Abstract The Wittichen Co–Ag–Bi–U mining area (Schwarzwald ore district, SW Germany) hosts several unconformity-related...Mainz, Germany Introduction The Schwarzwald ore district (SW Germany) hosts a large number of polymetallic...2007). In the eighteenth century, the Wittichen mining area was the largest Co and Ag producer in SW Germany...potential high-grade mineralization below the former mining levels (Werner 2006). Recently, some of the old...Metz 1955; Walenta 1987), focussed on a specific mine or mineralization style (Mehnert 1949; Metz 1952;
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sulfarsenides from the Baycheh-Bagh deposit, Zanjan province, Iran Sayeh Rezazadeh, Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeh...sulfarsenides from the Baycheh-Bagh deposit, Zanjan province, Iran, Ore Geology Reviews (2020), doi: https://doi...sulfarsenides from the Baycheh-Bagh deposit, Zanjan province, Iran Sayeh Rezazadeha, Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeha...from several localities; e.g. Bieber, Spessart region, Germany (Wagner and Lorenz, 2002); Jachymov, Czech...(Andrews et al., 1986), Bou Azzer, Morocco (Ahmed et al., 2009); Imiter, Morocco (Cheilletz et al., 2002); Odenwald
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this type include Cobalt, Ontario; Bou Azzer, Morocco; Kongsberg, Norway; Jáchymov, Czech Republic; and...as St. Andreasberg/central Germany or the Wenzel mine in SW Germany (Schnorrer-Köhler, 1983, Staude et...association of ore suites with reducing agents such as siderite, sulfide, and/or graphite-rich host rocks and...Essarraj et al. , 2005, Essarraj et al. , 2016) and Imiter (Levresse et al. , 2016) support this argument...(typically calcite, dolomite, ankerite or more rarely siderite; Markl et al. , 2016), where fluorite, barite
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COBALT-NICKEL-ARSENIDE-(GOLD) ORES, BOU AZZER, ANTI-ATLAS, MOROCCO: Re-Os, Sm-Nd, AND U-Pb AGE DETERMINATIONS THOMAS...Casablanca, Lot. Elhamra Nr. 235, Marrakech - 40 000, Morocco Abstract The age of the hydrothermal Co-Ni-As-(Au)...Hercynian orogeny. Introduction The Anti-Atlas of Morocco hosts a large number and variety (Au, Ag, Cu, Co...Co, Ni) of ore deposits. The Bou Azzer mining district produced about 1,600 t of cobalt in 2008 (U.S...variably sized orebodies are known from the Bou Azzer district, all being spatially associated with a Neoproterozoic
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and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history. During his second year...the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...country as well as exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana...and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...Kevin Ward Minera! on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly
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Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch (Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico) £25 BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) £6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...with black veinlets , Rammelsbergite ? Ait Hamane Morocco lx2 £5 V ANADINITE quite good covering of2.5mm...5mm brown crystals over 2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety
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Aïcha Massive Sulfide Deposit, Jebilet Massif, Morocco: Microanalytical and Fluid Inclusion Approaches...Aïcha Massive Sulfide Deposit, Jebilet Massif, Morocco: Microanalytical and Fluid Inclusion Approaches...Technology, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha...Angle bd. Massira Alkhadra, Casablanca 20100, Morocco Correspondence: s.essarraj@uca.ac.ma Abstract:...1 wt.% Pb, 0.6 wt.% Cu) in the Jebilet massif (Morocco) comprises stratabound lenticular orebodies and
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textures indicate that the oxidation of primary siderite to magnetite was the redox couple to precipitate...native Bi, arsenide, in-situ U-Pb age dating, siderite dissolution, fluid mixing, hydrocarbon, fluid..., 1986), Bou Azzer (Essarraj et al., 2005) and Imiter (Levresse et al., 2016). The majority of five-element...from the Pennine Alps, Switzerland; Niedere Tauern region, Austria; Belledonne Massive, France; and Piemont...minor ores and occurs in schists only. Underground mining intersected three levels of vein 3, distinctive
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colourless calcite. 70x40xl5mm. £35. 2) ANNABERGITE. KM 4 Mine, Laurion, Greece. Cavities in gossan matrix showing...matrix. 30x20x7nun. £10. 5) AURICHALCITE. Royal Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Calcite matrix with some...hematite. 130x70x80mm. £475. 9) BOURNONITE on SIDERITE. Mure Mine, lse:re, Rhone-Alpcs, Frauce. A 15mm lead...another on a matrix of light brov..n crystalline siderite. 40x25x20mm. £65. .. . I0) CALCITE in SEPTIA...colour. 140x80x90mm. £85. -12) CASSITERITE. Old Beam Mine, Goonbarrow Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall. An approx
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2005). The world’s largest Hg deposit, the Almadén district of central Spain, is representative of concentrations...Almadén and New Idria in California, the largest Hg mining districts in North America, represent post-Miocene...reworking of the mercury-hosting rocks of the Almadén district (primary mineralization 427–380 Ma) led to at...associated with one larger contemporaneous mineralized region. Most notably, mindat.org records more than 300...important mining district, including the New Almadén mine in Santa Clara County and the New Idria mine in San
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to Ni in footwall-type deposits in the Sudbury District and the growth of large sperrylite crystals are...mineralization are well known, e.g. at the Cobalt District, Canada (Marshall and Watkinson, 2000), Kongsberg...the Co-Ni-As-Au-Ag mines in the Bou Azzer District, Morocco (Ahmed et al., 2009), the Ni-S mineralization...2008), and the giant epithermal Ag deposit at Imiter, Morocco (Cheilletz et al., 2002). Furthermore, Ni enrichment...mineralizations (Waterberg, Bushveld igneous complex; Cauê mine, Itabira, Brazil) are assumed to be hydrothermal
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extension-related Mesozoic vein system in the High Atlas of Morocco. Structural, mineralogical, and geochemical evidence...northern flank of the High Atlas of Marrakech (Morocco), is hosted in a Cambro-Ordovician volcaniclastic...Hydrogéologie and Environnement, Oujda 60000, Morocco e-mail: mbouabdellah2002@yahoo.fr G. Beaudoin Département...Stable isotopes . Fluid inclusions . Assif El Mal . Morocco 690 Miner Deposita (2009) 44:689–704 Introduction...these deposits is the main reason for the early mining. On the basis of structural and geochronological
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become the richest silver mine in the world, in more recently Bou Azzer and Imiter in Ouarzazate addition...to providing excellent crystallized specimens (Morocco). of silver minerals. At Schneeberg, Acanthites...ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of World War II. Guanajuato also In 1946...2016). under the very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already...Tucson show. The Imiter mine began its modern producing many quality specimens, until mining production period
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purchase the collection were forthcoming from the mining company CRA Ltd., as its contribution to Victoria’s...part of the Monteregian Hills alkaline igneous province. LOCATION The Francon quarry is unusual in being...what was previously known as the Saint-Michel district, and is now part of the Arrondissement de Vil...quarry should read Francon quarry, Saint-Michel district, Montréal, Québec, Canada. In some publica- 1...Proterozoic Grenville Province, and on the southeast by the Humber Zone of the Appalachian Province. The sedimentary
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4.3 cm high, from shaft IX, Touissit, Oujda, Morocco; mined ca. 1995. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 3 (above...(top right). Silver, 12 cm high, from Imiter, AntiAtlas, Morocco; mined ca. 1990. Jordi Deusedes photo...mimetite, 6 cm high, from Taouz, Er Rachidia, Morocco; mined 2003. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 8 (right)...Azurite, 4.6 cm high, from Kerrouchen, Khénifra, Morocco; mined 2007. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 10 (left)...malachite, 9 cm wide, from shaft IX, Touissit, Oujda, Morocco; mined 1999. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 11 (above)
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good wiry micro crystals in and on Dolerite. (Imiter Morocco) half x half ins £3.50 407 TADZHIKITE Ce Ca...Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5
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