Hammam Zriba

Past Producer in Tunisia with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica, Strontium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231886
MAS/MILS ID 7230400001
Record type Site
Current site name Hammam Zriba

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 10.13507, 36.39912 (WGS84)
Elevation 175
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tunisia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Tunisia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Silica Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 10.13507, 36.39912

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 850820

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tunisian Government
    Interest 49
    Home office Tunisia
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ste Miniere De Spath Fluor Et Barytine (Fluobar)
    Interest 51
    Home office Tunisia
    Year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Measured 5000000mt ore
    Indicated 5000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 10000000mt ore
    Inferred 10000000mt ore
    Total resources 20000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 35 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 40 wt-pct Barium Trace 1972
    Silica SiO2 6 wt-pct Silica Trace 1972
    Strontium Sr 5.7 wt-pct Strontium Trace 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Demonstrated 11195000mt ore
    Total resources 11195000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 27 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACID-GRADE FLUORSPAR
  • ORE RESERVES ARE AS REPORTED TO DAMES & MOORE, BY MINE MANAGEMENT, 1983.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method PILLAR AND CHAMBER 10-42
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. OTHER
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 750
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.69
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 280
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. METALS & MINERALS ANNUAL REVIEW-1994.

  • Deposit

    FLUORSPAR SEC. P. 102.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. APRIL 1993. NO. 307. P. 42.

  • Deposit

    BATTELLE INSTITUTE.WORLD MARKET FOR FLUORINE MINERALS AND

  • Deposit

    CHEMICALS.JUNE 1973.GENEVA,SWITZ.P.A101.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 177, LONDON 1982.

  • Deposit

    FLUOSPAR RESOURSES OF AFRICA, VAN ALSTINE, R.E. AND SCHRUBEN

  • Deposit

    PAUL G., BULLETIN 1487, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASH.

  • Deposit

    D.C. 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUOBAR CEASED OPERATIONS IN 1992. DATA CONTAINED INTHIS FILE WAS COLLECTED BY DAMES & MOORE UNDER U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT NO. J0225010 IN 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Kilgore, Catherine C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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