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El Hammam

Plant in Meknes, Morocco with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166532
MAS/MILS ID 7140210007
Record type Site
Current site name El Hammam

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -5.4316, 33.43277 (WGS84)
Elevation 650
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meknes(province)

Morocco(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Morocco Meknes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -5.4316, 33.43277
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 4.5M
    Length 2000M
    Width 750M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 9
    MAS Column # 5
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Strike And Dip N45E:60W
    Date of Last Modification 920429

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1962
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Year of first production 1974
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATION PRESENTLY AT GONAIDA; @ 7 KM NE OF EL HAMMAM. METHOD IS DRILLING.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Omnium Nord Africain (Ona)
    Interest 58
    Home office Morocco
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bureau De Recherches Et De Participations Minieres (BRPM)
    Interest 42
    Home office Morocco
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Description July Start-Up 80000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 80000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description 160879 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 160879mt
  • Year 1976
    Description 129950 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 129950mt
  • Year 1977
    Description 99959 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 99959mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 159059 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 159059mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 197269 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 197269mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 196000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 196000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 215000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 215000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 156000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 156000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description 203000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 203000mt
  • Year 1988
    Description 1988 Acid Grade Output 100000 Mt Conc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 100000mt
  • Year 1989
    Description 1989 Acid Grade Output 105000 Mt Conc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 105000mt
  • Year 1990
    Description 1990 Acid Grade Output 95000 Mt Conc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 95000mt
  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1991 (Estimated) Acid Grade Output 80000 Mt Conc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 80000mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 2140000mt ore
    Indicated 1390000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3530000mt ore
    Inferred 620000mt ore
    Total resources 4150000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 47 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACID-GRADE FLUORPSAR
  • ORE ESTIMATED AND REPORTED TO DAMES & MOORE BY MINE MANAGEMENT. 5/85 DAMES & MOORE REPORT UPDATE OF ORE RESERVES DATA FOR, EL HAMMAM MINE, 4,180,000 MT IN-SITU, PRODUCTION HAS INCREASED TO 9,000 MT ACID GRADE CAF2/MONTH. ALSO REPORTED AN ADDITION OF A NEW CONVEYOR SYSTEM. M9C5 = Q5 = TOTAL RESERVES EL HAMMAM (1991).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Percent Waste Rock 19
    Slope of Inclines 6
    Number of Inclines 1
    Number of Adits 14
    Capacity 1300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 270
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1991

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE VAST MAJORITY OF MATERIAL IS EXPORTED TO CANADA, NORWAY, GERMANY, AND ITALY.
  • PRODUCTION IS 940 MT ORE/DAY IN 1991 DUE TO POOR MARKET CONDITIONS. PLAN TO MOVE MINE HAULAGE FROM +500 FT S.L. TO +350 S.L. RAMP HAS BEEN EXTENDED ACCORDINGLY: @1500 FT. FOR 150 FT DEPTH AT SIX DEGREE INCLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, BY DEKUN, NICOLAS, ELSEVIER

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHING COMP., 1965 PP. 401-404.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. NO. 38, LONDON, 1970.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 49, LONDON, 1971.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 177, LONDON, 1982.

  • Deposit

    FLOUSPAR RESOURCES OF AFRICA, VAN ALSTINE, R.E. AND SHRUBEN

  • Deposit

    PAUL G., BULLETIN 1487, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASH.

  • Deposit

    1980.

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (COMMENTS: B,001-005).

  • Deposit

    THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD. 1983.

  • Deposit

    TIMES BOOKS, LTD. LONDON.

  • Deposit

    FULTON, R.B. AUG. 1991. MINE/MILL/DEPOSIT REPORT. "EL HAMMAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA CONTAINED IN THIS FILE WAS COLLECTED BY DAMES & MOORE UNDER U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT #JO225010 IN 1983.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-SEP-1994 Jlc U.S. Bureau of Mines

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