Mine detail: Dirbat Well

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 19.91652, 36.50127

Resource(N)

Primary: Wollastonite
Ore: Wollastonite
Gangue: Diopside, Vesuvianite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1958

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Marble,Siltstone
Associated type:Diorite,Gabbro,Granite
Alteration processes:Contact Metamorphism, Metasomatism

References

MRDSI000056
DEP10106726
Reference{Deposit:: ANDREWS, R.W., 1970, WOLLASTONITE: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 114 P.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1975, WOLLASTONITE, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, 4TH EDITION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 1230.}{Deposit:: DE KUN, N., 1987, MINERAL ECONOMICS OF AFRICA: NEW YORK, ELSEVIER, 345 P.}{Production:: ANDREWS, 1970.}{Reserve-Resource:: ANDREWS, 1970; 1987 FIGURE IS FROM DE KUN.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.