Mine detail: El Abed - Oued Zaunder Mines

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Location: Algeria, Africa
Lat / long: 34.99932, 1.00176
dep_id: 10073044
mrds_id: W018850
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold, Copper, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Greenockite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR RUNS AND VEINS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Runs Follow Ancient Reef Structures And Fracture Zones Associated With Horst And Graben Structure
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Bou Beker - El Abed Horst, Ne And Nw Fractures
Year first produced: 1952
References:
  • 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.
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