Mine detail: Guettara

Previously called 'Djebel Guettara'

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Location

Lat / long:

28.16286, 2.63402

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Braunite, Manganite, Polianite, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite, Spessartite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Laumontite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR, DISCONTINUOUS
Discovery year:	1953

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Limestone,Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Dykes Cross-Cutting Sedimentary Rocks

References

MRDS	AD00001
DEP	10003681
Reference	LUCAS, G 1956 GISEMENT ET INDICES DE MANGANESE SYMPOSIUM SOBRE YACIMIENTOS DE MANGANESO, 2:123-130 HEFLIK W., 1989, TILASITE QUARTZ LAUMONTITE ASSOCIATION FROM A MANGANESE DEPOSIT AT DJEBEL, GUETTARA, NORTHERN ALGERIA. BULL OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCES, 37/1-2:94-10
Reporter	Pracejus, Bernard.M.