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Douaria

Producer in Tunisia with commodities Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
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  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281450
MAS/MILS ID 7230550002
Record type Site
Current site name Douaria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 8.68509, 36.81583 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tunisia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Tunisia

Comments on the location information

  • SOURCE SAYS NEAR TAMERA (SEQ.NO. 723-055-0001) WHICH IN TURN IS 20 KM FROM TABARKA AND NEAR ALGERIAN BORDER.FOR CODING ASSUMED THAT POINT IS DJEBEL DAROUI,17 KM SW OF TABARKA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 8.68509, 36.81583
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS BILBAO TYPE (REPLACEMENT GOETHITE AND HEMATITE). IT IS MANGANIFEROUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET NJ 32-14, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, DEPT. OF ECON. AND SOC.

  • Deposit

    AFFAIRS, UNITED NATIONS, 1970, PP.66-67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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