Description
Bureau De Recherches Mineres De L'Algerie
Commodities
PrimaryManganese
SecondaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENTICULAR, IRREGULAR, DISCONTINUOUS
Materials
Ore mineralsBraunite, Manganite, Polianite, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite, Spessartite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Laumontite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Tuff
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureDykes Cross-Cutting Sedimentary Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10003681
MRDS IDAD00001
Alternate namesDjebel Guettara
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates28.16286, 2.63402
References
LUCAS, G 1956 GISEMENT ET INDICES DE MANGANESE SYMPOSIUM SOBRE YACIMIENTOS DE MANGANESO, 2:123-130 HEFLIK W., 1989, TILASITE QUARTZ LAUMONTITE ASSOCIATION FROM A MANGANESE DEPOSIT AT DJEBEL, GUETTARA, NORTHERN ALGERIA. BULL OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCES, 37/1-2:94-102