Mine detail: Laouni Mine

Previously called 'Le Renaissance'

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Location: Algeria, Africa
Lat / long: 20.46673, 5.5682
dep_id: 10021647
mrds_id: DE00331
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Werner, Antony (Sinclair, W. David)
hrock_type: Gneiss,Greisen
Structure: Contact Aureole Of Pre-Ordovician Granite Intrusion.
tectonic: Precambrian Craton (Intracratonic)
Year first produced: 1965
disc_yr: 1959
References:
  • Deposit:: DE KUN, N., 1965, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, NEW YORK, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING CO., P. 478.
  • Deposit:: AMBROSIO, S.C., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALGERIA, PREPRINT FROM THE 1981 UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 9.
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN: THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 115.
  • Deposit:: STAFF, LE TUNGSTENE, REVOLUTION AFRICAINE, I.C. 637, P. 17.
  • Production:: J.P. BONNICI (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION TO W.D. SINCLAIRE, 11/85). PRODUCITON 196*-197*. SOME PRODUCTION IS RUMOURED TO HAVE OCCURRED AFTER ALGERIA BECAME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY.
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