Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAtacamite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Dioptase, Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Tenorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1970
Discovery year1946
Identification
Deposit ID10232179
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates19.50029, -14.58184
References
E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING 1975, P 243MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT 1976, TABLE B-1126 MINES ACCOUNTING FOF ALL OUTPUT OTHER THAN COALBUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970-1976.PLAN MINERAL DE LA REPUBLIGUE ISLAMIQUE DE MAURITANIE. 1978.DIRECTOR DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE. REPUBLIQUEISLAMIQUE DE MAURITANIE, PP. 295-305.METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, STRATEGIC REPORT: SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER1988, P.30.INTERMATIONAL MINING, 8-86, P 75.MINING JOURNAL, 2-27-87, P 154.STATE DEPT. TELEGRAM, 4-90,(9921)MINING JOURNAL, 10-17-86, P 290.METALS ECONOMICS GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT, P. 30 (SEPT.-OCT. 1988).INTERNATIONAL MINING, P. 75 (AUG. 1986).GOLD GAZETTE, V 3/N 94, 4/10/95, P.18.