| Deposit ID | 10305000 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 7230150001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Djerissa |
| Geographic coordinates: | 8.63506, 35.83277 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tunisia(country)
| Country |
|---|
| Tunisia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| (1) | 8.63506, 35.83277 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 7230150001 |
DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET NI 32-2, SCALE 1:250,000.
SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, DEPT. OF ECON. AND SOC.
AFFAIRS, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 1970, PP.66-67.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MRDS MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM.
SAINFELD, PAUL. THE LEAD-ZINC BEARING DEPOSITS OF TUNISIA.
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. 1956. PP. 150-177.
POHL,, W., M. AMOURI, O. KOLLI, AND D. ZACHMANN. A NEW
GENETIC MODEL FOR THE NORTH AFRICAN METASOMATIC SIDERITE
DEPOSITS. MINERALIUM DEPOSITA 21,1986. PP. 228-233.
WALTHER, H.W., AND A. ZITZMAN ED. THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF
EUROPE AND ADJACENT AREAS. INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL
CONFERENCE, HANOVER 1977. PP. 303-308
ORGEVAL, JEAN-JAQUES, DENIS GIOT, JALIA KAROUI, JAQUES
MONTHEL, AND RACHEL SAHLI. LE GISEMENT DE ZN-PB DE BOU
GRINE (ATLAS TUNISIEN). DESCRIPTION ET HITORIQUE'DE
LA DECOUVERTE. CHRON. RECH. MIN. NO. 482, 3/86. PP.5-32
DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY. TUNISIA-OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES
GAZETEER NO. 81. 1964.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CAPACITY OF DJERISSA, TAMERA (SEQ.NO. 723-055-0001) AND DOUARIA (SEQ.NO. 723-055-0002) IS 800,000 MTPY FE ORE. CO-ORDINATES ARE OF DJEBEL DJERISSA, 77 KM NNW OF KASSERINE. REPLACEMENT LENSES OF SIDERITE IN LIMESTONE WITH ASSOCIATED HEMATITE. ORE IS MANGANIFEROUS. CAPACITY REPORTED AT 560,000 MT/YR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-APR-1997 | Boyle, Ed | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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