Mine detail: Guettara

Previously called 'Djebel Guettara'

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Location: Algeria, Africa
Lat / long: 28.16286, 2.63402
dep_id: 10003681
mrds_id: AD00001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Braunite, Manganite, Polianite, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite, Spessartite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Laumontite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR, DISCONTINUOUS
Reporter: Pracejus, Bernard.M.
hrock_type: Limestone,Tuff
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Dykes Cross-Cutting Sedimentary Rocks
disc_yr: 1953
discr: Bureau De Recherches Mineres De *lgerie
References:
  • 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
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