Sidi Kamber

Producer in Constantine, Algeria with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280417
MAS/MILS ID 7210300011
Record type Site
Current site name Sidi Kamber

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 6.58509, 36.71586 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Constantine(province)

Algeria(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Algeria Constantine

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNKNOWN-ONLY THAT IS IS ONE OF THE PB ZN DEPOSITS IN THE OUARSENIS MTNS. CO-ORDINATES FOR NOW ARE OF DJEBEL OUARSENIS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 6.58509, 36.71586

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sonarem
    Interest 100
    Home office Algeria
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FORMER LEAD ZINC PRODUCER THAT NOW RECOVERS BARITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICE. OCT. 6, 1994. REPORT

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. AUG. 1969. P. 126.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 1981-82.

  • Deposit

    U.S. DEPT. OF STATE. UNCLASSIFIED AIRGRAM. 1979.

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE REPORT, 1973.

  • Deposit

    DE KUN, NICOLAS, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, ELSEVIER

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHING COMPANY,1965, P. 55,385.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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