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Touissit - Bou Bekker Mines

Producer in Oujda, Morocco with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089353
MRDS ID W018934
Record type Site
Current site name Touissit - Bou Bekker Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -1.8316, 34.28271 (WGS84)
Relative position 40 KM SSE D'OUJDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oujda(province)

Morocco(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Morocco Oujda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcocite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Covellite Gangue
Jamesonite Gangue
Pyrite 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) -1.8316, 34.28271
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - IRREGULAR
    Length 11000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Many Vertical Faults Producing Horst And Graben Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Cie Royale Asturienne Des Mines
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Touissit - Bou Bekker District, Beddiane Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cie Min Touissit

Comments on the production information

  • BOUBEKER CLOSED IN 1969. TOUISSIT MINE CONTINUES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name TOUSSIT MINE
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 5000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 18 wt-pct Lead Major 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 2 MIL TPY TAILINGS TREATMENT PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT BOU BEKER.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 274 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1975 ; ECON.COM: ALSO, $1 MILLION BOU BEKER TAILINGS MILL UNDER CONSTR. 2 MIL TPY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMSON, PHILIPPE, 1973, UN GISEMENT PLOMBO-ZINCIFERE EN MILIEU RECIFAL TOUISSIT (MAROC ORIENTAL); NOTES ET MEMOIRES DU SERVICE GEOL. MOROCCO NO. 242, 133 P.

  • Deposit

    GUESSOUS, ABDERRAFIH, 1970, MAJOR PB - ZN PRODUCING MINES IN MOROCCO; RAUSCH & MARIACHER EDS, AIME SYMP. PB - ZN V. 1 P. 195 - 203.

  • Production

    GUESSOUS, A., 1970, AIME SYMP PB-ZN V. 1 P. 196

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY, 1976 P. 259. MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST 6-6-75 P 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN LONG THICK AND NARROW RUNS OF IRREGULAR SHAPE, UP TO 41 M WIDE, 12 TO 18 M THICK, (TROUGH ORE), FLANKED BY THINER DISCONTINUOUS BODIES 4-5 M THICK, (PLATFORM ORE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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