Mine detail: Djebel Aouan

Previously called 'Djebel Aouam'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.16618, -5.4983

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Other material: Calcite, Galena, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1200

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1960

Geology

References

MAS7140210003
DEP10231739
Reference{Deposit:: *CRU MONITOR, FEB. 1994, P.7.}{Deposit:: COMPAGNIE ROYALE ASTURIENNE DES MINES, RAPPORT ANNUEL,}{Deposit:: 1975-1979.}{Deposit:: DE KUN, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, 1965, P. 46.}{Deposit:: GUESSOUS, A., THE MAJOR LEAD-ZINC PRODUCTING MINES IN}{Deposit:: MOROCCO: LEAD AND ZINC, VOL. 1, AIME WORLD SYMPOSIUM}{Deposit:: ON MINING AND METALLURGY, 1970, PP. 195-203.}{Reserve-Resource:: E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991}
ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A.