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Zouggara

Past Producer in Algeria with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Copper
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Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098123
MRDS ID I001207
Record type Site
Current site name Zouggara
Alternate or previous names Includes Veins 0, 1, And 6, Tala Roumi, Oaks Chenes

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 2.63402, 28.16286 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Algeria(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Algeria

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUCH OF THE BARITE IS WHITE AND LAMELLAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 2.63402, 28.16286
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 45-70 E
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keddara

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Total resources 174000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 97.3 wt-pct Barium Major 1962

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THESE DEPOSITS CONTAIN OVER 60% OF ALGERIA'S RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DE KUN, NICOLAS, 1965, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA: NEW YORK, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING COMPANY, P. 57

  • Reserve-Resource

    DE KUN, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE-FILLING SWARMS OF VEINS OCCUR IN FAULTS DIPPING 45-70 DEG EAST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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