Mine detail: Dirbat Well

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Location: Sudan, Africa
Lat / long: 19.91652, 36.50127
dep_id: 10106726
mrds_id: I000056
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Wollastonite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Wollastonite
gangue: Diopside, Vesuvianite
model: 65: Skarn wollastonite
alteration: Contact Metamorphism, Metasomatism
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Marble,Siltstone
arock_type: Diorite,Gabbro,Granite
Year first produced: 1958
References:
  • 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.
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