Tazadit

Producer in Mauritania with commodity Iron
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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280680
MAS/MILS ID 7410000005
Record type Site
Current site name Tazadit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 12.47654, 22.66655 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mauritania(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Mauritania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 12.47654, 22.66655

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1961

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Societe Nacionale Industrielle Et Miniere (Snim)
    Interest 100
    Home office Mauritania
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 23100000mt ore
    Total resources 23100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 65 wt-pct Iron Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, DEC.1974.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPER-

  • Deposit

    ATIONS, MCGRAW HILL,NEW YORK, 1975.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    , NEW YORK, 1965, PP.248-249.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MAURITANIAN IRON ORE DEVELOPMENTS, V.123,

  • Deposit

    NO.6, DEC. 1974, PP. 492-495.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET NF 28-8, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, DEPT. OF ECON. AND SOC.

  • Deposit

    AFFAIRS, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 1970, P. 71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-95 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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