Mine detail: Tazadit Mine

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Location: Mauritania, Africa
Lat / long: 22.66676, -12.66517
dep_id: 10084941
mrds_id: W700328
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
model: 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E.
hrock_type: Quartzite
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 62.
  • Deposit:: MARELLE, ANDRE, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF AFRICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 63-79.
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