Mine detail: El Abed - Oued Zaunder Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

34.99932, 1.00176

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Gold, Copper, Cobalt
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Greenockite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR RUNS AND VEINS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1952

Geology

Host rock:	Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Bou Beker - El Abed Horst, Ne And Nw Fractures

References

MRDS	W018850
DEP	10073044
Reference	{Deposit:: POPOV, A., 1968, LES TYPES MORPHOLOGIQUES ET LA REPARTITION DES GISEMENTS DE ZINC ET DE PLOMB EN ALGERIE; ANNALES DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, NO. 23, P 103 - 20}{Production:: RAUSCH & MARIACHER, EDS., 1970, AIME SYMP. PB - ZN, P. 894, 895}{Reserve-Resource:: POPOV, A., 1968, ZN ET PB EN ALGERIE, P. 139.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.