Mine detail: Ouenza

Previously called 'Djebel Ouenza'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.96587, 8.11847

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Other material: Calcite, Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite, Siderite
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1919

Geology

References

MAS7210250005
DEP10256310
Reference{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL REASEARCH SERVICE. OCT 6, 1994. REPORT}{Deposit:: COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. SEPT.-OCT. 1927, PP. 537-540.}{Deposit:: SURVEY OF IRON ORE RESOURCES. UNITED NATIONS. 1970, PP.64}{Deposit:: USGS. MINERAL RESOURCES DATA SYSTEM (MRDS). 1994.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. AUG. 1969, P. 126.}{Deposit:: U.S. DEPT. OF STATE. UNCLASSIFIED AIRGRAM. 1979.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS YEARBOOK 1993. CH. ON}{Deposit:: ALGERIA.}{Deposit:: EUROPA PUBLICATIONS LTD, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA}{Deposit:: 1994. 40TH ED. CH. ON ALGERIA.}{Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, OUENZA OF ALGERIA, LONDON, JUNE 19, 1962,}{Deposit:: 4 PAGES.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, ALGERIA, APRIL, 1979.}{Deposit:: E&MJ, ALGERIA, APRIL, 1979.}
ReporterWilburn, David R.