Mine detail: Zeida Mine

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Location: Meknes, Morocco, Africa
Lat / long: 32.68282, -4.71498
dep_id: 10107327
mrds_id: W018935
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena
model: 196: Sandstone-hosted Pb-Zn
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Sandstone
Year first produced: 1974
References:
  • Deposit:: STOWASSER, W. F., 1976, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF MOROCCO; U.S. BU. MINES MIN. YBK 1973, V. 3 P. 630
  • Deposit:: MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985, GRADE, TONNAGE, AND LITHOLOGIC DATA FOR SEDIMENT-HOSTED SUBMARINE EXHALATIVE ZN-PB AND SANDSTONE-HOSTED PB-ZN DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206, 17 P.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.
  • Reserve-Resource:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES YEARBOOK, 1973, V. 3, P. 630. DEPOSIT ESTIMATE FROM MENZIE AND MOSIER.
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