Djebel Guettara

Prospect in Algeria with commodities Arsenic, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134517
MAS/MILS ID 7210200002
Record type Site
Current site name Djebel Guettara

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -3.16505, 30.10789 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Algeria(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Algeria

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -3.16505, 30.10789

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bureau Algerian De Recherches Et D'Exploitations Miniere
    Interest 100
    Home office Algeria
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS. MINERAL RESOURCES DATA SYSTEM. 1994.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. AUG. 1969. P. 126.

  • Deposit

    MAP OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, MINISTRY OF GEOLOGY OF

  • Deposit

    THE U.S.S.R., 1966, SCALE 1:10,000,000.

  • Deposit

    DEKUN,N. THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, ELSEVIER PUBL.CO.,

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK, 1965, P.283.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES P502 MAP, SHEET NH 30-10, SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED 110 MILES SW OF COLOMB-BECHAR. ARSENIFEROUS MANGANESE ORE RELATED TO PRECAMBRIAN TUFFS AND RHYOLITES. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, DEKUN SAYS 110 MILES SW OF COLOMB- BECHAR, ONLY LANDFORM IN GENERAL VICINITY WITH A SIMILAR NAME IS DJEBEL AICH EL GUETTAR WHICH IS CODED CO-ORDINATES - 210 MILES SW OF COLOMB-BECHAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAR-1996 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.