Mine detail: Touissit - Bou Bekker Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.28271, -1.8316

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Jamesonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR - IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite

References

MRDS	W018934
DEP	10089353
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.