Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Greisen
StructureContact Aureole Of Pre-Ordovician Granite Intrusion.
Tectonic settingPrecambrian Craton (Intracratonic)
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1965
Discovery year1959
Identification
Deposit ID10021647
MRDS IDDE00331
Alternate namesLe Renaissance
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates20.46673, 5.5682
References
DE KUN, N., 1965, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, NEW YORK, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING CO., P. 478.AMBROSIO, S.C., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALGERIA, PREPRINT FROM THE 1981 UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 9.ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN: THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 115.STAFF, LE TUNGSTENE, REVOLUTION AFRICAINE, I.C. 637, P. 17.J.P. BONNICI (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION TO W.D. SINCLAIRE, 11/85). PRODUCITON 1960'S-1970'S. SOME PRODUCTION IS RUMOURED TO HAVE OCCURRED AFTER ALGERIA BECAME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY.