BorniteZgounder Mine, Mt Siroua, Taroudannt Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
Photo: 2005 M. Kampf Latitude: 30°44'20"N
Longitude: 7°47'23"W
The Ag-Hg-Cu Zgounder polymetallic ore deposit, epithermal mineralization of the Imiter type consists of mineralized pockets (quartz-calcite veinlets) in sedimentary rocks and diabase of the Middle-Precambrian volcano sedimentary Sirwa Formations.
Zgounder Silver Mine is a suspended underground mine, workings are at least down to 2,100 foot level, operated-owned by Harwanne SA.
The mine is located approximately 15 km northeast of Askaoun near Jebel Siroua (Mt Siroua), an ancient volcanic massif, and about 200 km east of Agadir.
Map Ref. Askaoun : 30° 44' 20" N / 07° 47' 23" W.
References
- Smeykal, S. D. (1972): Geology and metallogeny of the Zgounder silver deposit. Mines et Geologie, No. 36, 33-42.
- Skacel, J. (1975): Silver ore deposits in the Antiatlas of southern Morocco. Geologicky Pruzkum 17 (6), 175-178.
- Petruk, W. (1975): Mineralogy and geology of the Zgounder silver deposit in Morocco. Canadian Mineralogist 13, 43-54.
- Demange, M. (1977): Geology of the silver deposit of Zgounder, Siroua massif, anti-Atlas, Morocco. Notes et Memoires du Service Geologiques (Morocco) 267, 105-122.
- Essarraj, S. et al. (1998): Brines related to Ag deposition in the Zgounder silver deposit (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). European Journal of Mineralogy, 10, 1201-1214.
- Barodi, E. B., Belkasmi, A., Bouchta, R. & Qadrouci, A. (1998): Silver deposits of Morocco: the Imiter deposit. Chronique de la Recherche Miniere 66, 77-92 (in French). [also on Zgounder]
- Marcoux, E. & Wadjinny, A. (2005): The Ag-Hg Zgounder ore deposit (Jebel Siroua, Anti-Atlas, Morocco): A Neoproterozoic epithermal ore mineralization of the Imiter type. Comptes Rendus Geoscience 337, 1439-1446.
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