Mine detail: Touissit - Bou Bekker Mines

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Location: Oujda, Morocco, Africa
Lat / long: 34.28271, -1.8316
dep_id: 10089353
mrds_id: W018934
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Jamesonite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR - IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Many Vertical Faults Producing Horst And Graben Structure
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1925
disc_yr: 1906
discr: Cie Royale Asturienne Des Mines
References:
  • Deposit:: SAMSON, PHILIPPE, 1973, UN GISEMENT PLOMBO-ZINCIFERE EN MILIEU RECIFAL TOUISSIT (MAROC ORIENTAL); NOTES ET MEMOIRES DU SERVICE GEOL. MOROCCO NO. 242, 133 P.
  • Deposit:: GUESSOUS, ABDERRAFIH, 1970, MAJOR PB - ZN PRODUCING MINES IN MOROCCO; RAUSCH & MARIACHER EDS, AIME SYMP. PB - ZN V. 1 P. 195 - 203.
  • Production:: GUESSOUS, A., 1970, AIME SYMP PB-ZN V. 1 P. 196
  • Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY, 1976 P. 259. MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST 6-6-75 P 12
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