Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver, Gold, Copper, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR RUNS AND VEINS
Ore controlRuns Follow Ancient Reef Structures And Fracture Zones Associated With Horst And Graben Structure
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Greenockite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Dolomite
StructureBou Beker - El Abed Horst, Ne And Nw Fractures
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1952
Identification
Deposit ID10073044
MRDS IDW018850
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.99932, 1.00176
References
POPOV, A., 1968, LES TYPES MORPHOLOGIQUES ET LA REPARTITION DES GISEMENTS DE ZINC ET DE PLOMB EN ALGERIE; ANNALES DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, NO. 23, P 103 - 203RAUSCH & MARIACHER, EDS., 1970, AIME SYMP. PB - ZN, P. 894, 895POPOV, A., 1968, ZN ET PB EN ALGERIE, P. 139.