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El Abed - Oued Zaunder Mines

Producer in Algeria with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Cobalt, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073044
MRDS ID W018850
Record type Site
Current site name El Abed - Oued Zaunder Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 1.00176, 34.99932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Relative position 160 KM. SW. OF ORAN. ADJACENT EAST OF TOUISSIT - BOU BEKER DISTRICT IN MOROCCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Algeria(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Algeria

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Greenockite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dolomite
    Rock description Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 1.00176, 34.99932
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bou Beker - El Abed Horst
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne And Nw Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR RUNS AND VEINS
    Length 5000M
    Width 3000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Runs Follow Ancient Reef Structures And Fracture Zones Associated With Horst And Graben Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1952

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sonarem
  • Type Owner
    Owner Soc. Nat. Rech. Exp. Min.

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Material CON ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^57 % Zn, 0.77 % Pb, 0.08 % Cu, 150 G Ag/Mt, 30 G Co/Mt, Trace Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Cobalt Cobalt 30g/mt
    Conc. Silver Silver 150g/mt
    Conc. Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 57wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material CON PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^69 % Pb, 0.9 % Zn, 0.08 % Cu, 700 G Ag/Mt, Trace Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Silver Silver 700g/mt
    Conc. Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 69wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^5. % Zn, 1.2 % Pb, Trace Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • CUM. PROD. EST. BASED ON 1968 PROD RATE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PRODUCTION PLUS RESERVES EQUALS 391,000 MT ZN, 68,000 MT PB METAL (1968)
  • PRODUCTION PLUS RESERVES EQUALS 391,000 MT ZN, 68,000 MT PB METAL (1968).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 400M

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 480 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1968 ; ECON.COM: 1200 MTPD MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POPOV, A., 1968, LES TYPES MORPHOLOGIQUES ET LA REPARTITION DES GISEMENTS DE ZINC ET DE PLOMB EN ALGERIE; ANNALES DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, NO. 23, P 103 - 203

  • Production

    RAUSCH & MARIACHER, EDS., 1970, AIME SYMP. PB - ZN, P. 894, 895

  • Reserve-Resource

    POPOV, A., 1968, ZN ET PB EN ALGERIE, P. 139.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RUNS VARY UP TO 70 M WIDE, 1 TO 12 M THICK, UP TO 2 KM LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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