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Bougrine

Producer in Tunisia with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134649
MAS/MILS ID 7230150005
Record type Site
Current site name Bougrine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 8.50208, 36.49944 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tunisia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Tunisia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 8.50208, 36.49944
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Tunisia
    Interest 18
    Home office Tunisia
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Metallgesellschaft Subsidiary Metall Mining Co.
    Interest 45
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tunisian Banks In Conjunction W/ The Government
    Interest 27
    Home office Tunisia
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ifc
    Interest 10
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Indicated 5443000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5443000mt ore
    Total resources 5443000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 12 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1989
    Lead Pb 3 wt-pct Lead Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 5300000mt ore
    Total resources 5300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 11.7 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1994
    Lead Pb 2.6 wt-pct Lead Major 1994

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 2414
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1989

Comments on other economic factors

  • 6-92: CONSTRUCTION HAS COMMENCED AT THE ZINC-LEAD PROJECT IN NORTHERN TUNISIA. THE $50 MILLION DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. WHEN IN FULL PRODUCTION, OUTPUT FROM THE MINE IS EXPECTED TO REACH 14,000 TPY OF LEAD IN CONCENTRATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ILZSG 1989-MINING JOURNAL 5/16/89

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINERALS INTELLIGENCE

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, JAN 1994, V. 170 N. 1, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    10/21/96-AMERICAN METALS MARKET-PG. 1

  • Deposit

    THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA. 1965. PP. 385-387.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MRDS, MINERAL RESOURCE DATA SYSTEM.

  • Deposit

    SAINFELD, PAUL. THE LEAD-ZINC BEARING DEPOSITS OF TUNISIA.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. 1956. PP. 150-177.

  • Deposit

    ORGEVAL, JEAN-JAQUES, DENIS GIOT, JALIA KAROUI, JACQUES

  • Deposit

    MINTHEL, AND RACHEL SAHLI. LE GISEMENT DE ZN-PB DE

  • Deposit

    BOU GRINE (ATLAS TUNISIEN). DESCRIPTION ET HITORIQUE'DE

  • Deposit

    LA DECOUVERTE. CHRON. RECH. MIN. NO. 482, MARCH 1986 PP.

  • Deposit

    5-32.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MAS, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM.

  • Deposit

    DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY. OPERATIONAL NAVIGATION CHART

  • Deposit

    1:1,000,000. ONC G-2. EDITION G 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS OF OCTOBER 1996, SOCIETE MINIERE BOUGRINE HAS INDEFINITELY SUSPENDED OPERATIONS AT BOUGRINE DUE TO CURRENT ZINC PRICE LEVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-APR-1997 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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