Location: | Algeria, Africa |
Lat / long: | 34.99932, 1.00176 |
dep_id: | 10073044 |
mrds_id: | W018850 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead |
Minor mineral: | Silver, Gold, Copper, Cobalt |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Greenockite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR RUNS AND VEINS |
work_type: | Underground |
ore_ctrl: | Runs Follow Ancient Reef Structures And Fracture Zones Associated With Horst And Graben Structure |
Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
hrock_unit: | Dolomite |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Bou Beker - El Abed Horst, Ne And Nw Fractures |
Year first produced: | 1952 |
References: |
- Deposit:: POPOV, A., 1968, LES TYPES MORPHOLOGIQUES ET LA REPARTITION DES GISEMENTS DE ZINC ET DE PLOMB EN ALGERIE; ANNALES DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, NO. 23, P 103 - 20
- Production:: RAUSCH & MARIACHER, EDS., 1970, AIME SYMP. PB - ZN, P. 894, 895
- Reserve-Resource:: POPOV, A., 1968, ZN ET PB EN ALGERIE, P. 139.
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