Touissit

Producer in Morocco with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207680
MAS/MILS ID 7140270007
Record type Site
Current site name Touissit
Alternate or previous names Touissit Beddione, Beddiane Mine, Hassi Ennyag Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -1.83156, 34.41608 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morocco(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Morocco

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 26 KM SE OF OUDJA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -1.83156, 34.41608

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Date of Last Modification 830728

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1927
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Bou Beker-Toui.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compagnie Royale Asturienne Des Mines
    Interest 50
    Home office Belgium
    Year 1989
  • Type Operator
    Owner Compagnie Miniere De Touissit
    Home office Algeria
    Year 1989
  • Type Owner
    Owner Societe Nationale D'Investissements
    Interest 20
    Year 1989
  • Type Owner
    Owner Matran
    Interest 15
    Year 1989

Comments on the ownership information

  • OPERATOR: COMPAGNIE MINERE DE TOUISSIT.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT C REFLECTS SILVER RECOVERY IN BOTH CONCENTRATES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Measured 5000000mt ore
    Indicated 1000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6000000mt ore
    Inferred 14000000mt ore
    Total resources 20000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 52.6 g/mt Silver Minor 1981
    Lead Pb 15 wt-pct Lead Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 4600000mt ore
    Indicated 1000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5600000mt ore
    Inferred 1000000mt ore
    Total resources 6600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 15.1 wt-pct Lead Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 5600000mt ore
    Total resources 5600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 11.9 wt-pct Lead Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FROM PAH REPORT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 95
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 880
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 292
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1989
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 95
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Length of Inclines (m) 1200
    Slope of Inclines 10.8
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 692
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 292
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY 1981. P. 333.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT, 1980, "MINES IN PRODUCTION AND MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROJECTS.

  • Reserve-Resource

    E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONONMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS", JUNE 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 38.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES P502 MAP, SHEET NI 30-7, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE REPORT,1973.

  • Deposit

    METALS SOURCEBOOK, ITEM A3602, JULY 30,1973.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, TOUISSIT-MOROCCAN ZINC-LEAD PRODUCER MODERN-

  • Deposit

    IZES MINE AND MILL, JULY 1968, PP.12-17.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JAN.1977.

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, GEORGE O., JR. "TOUISSIT-MOROCCAN ZINC-LEAD

  • Deposit

    PRODUCER MODERNIZES MINE AND MILL". WORLD MINING, JULY

  • Deposit

    1968. PP. 12-17.

  • Deposit

    FLAVEAU JACQUES, PAULHAC JEAN, PELLERIN, JEAN. "THE LEAD AND

  • Deposit

    ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE BOU BEKER-TOUSSIT AREA, EASTERN

  • Deposit

    FRENCH MOROCCO". ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE

  • Deposit

    SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS. AUGUST 1952. VOL.47 NO.5

  • Deposit

    PP. 481-493.

  • Deposit

    COMPAGNIE ROYALE ASTURIENNE DES MINES, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1976-

  • Deposit

    1979.

  • Deposit

    GUESSOUS, ABDERRAFIH, "THE MAJOR LEAD-ZINC PRODUCING MINES

  • Deposit

    IN MOROCCO" LEAD AND ZINC, VOL. I, 1970. PP. 195-203.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-94 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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