El Hammam Area Fluorspar Mines

Producer in Meknes, Morocco with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069470
MRDS ID W007009
Record type Site
Current site name El Hammam Area Fluorspar Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -5.54829, 33.89945 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meknes(province)

Morocco(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Morocco Meknes

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR MEKNES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result RESERVES: CAF2 - 50 TO 54% CAF2

Nearby scientific data

(1) -5.54829, 33.89945

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name El Hammam - Achemeche Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brpm; Omnium Nord - African; Pechiney - Ugine - Kulhmann; Preussag Aktiengesellschaft
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bureau De Recherches Et De Participations Minieres (BRPM)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 4000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 50 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL VEIN: LENGTH - 1500 M., WIDTH 5 M. AVERAGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR: METAL SERVICE, P. 38

  • Deposit

    1972, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, U.S. BU MINES, V. 69, N. 2, FEB. 1972, P. 12

  • Deposit

    1970, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS (LONDON) NO. 38, NOV. 1970, P. 33

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL BRPM - 4.5 M.T. ORE LOCATE

  • Production

    CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR, P. 38.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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