HematiteOuenza Mine, Ouenza, Tébessa Province, Algeria
Latitude: 35°57'N
Longitude: 8°5'E
An open pit iron mine, working an iron carbonate deposit hosted in Aptian neritic limestones located proximal to evaporitic diapirs of Triassic age. The mine produces 2-2.5 million tons of iron ore per year; reserves are estimated at 120-150 million tons (1997).
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13 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.
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References
- Mining Annual Review (1985).
- Bouzenoune, A., and Lécolle, P. (1997): Petrographic and geochemical arguments for hydrothermal formation of the Ouenza siderite deposit (NE Algeria). Mineralium Deposita 32, 189-196.
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