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Sphalerite from
Sidi Amor ben Salem Mine, Slata Pb-Zn deposit, Tajerouine, Kef, Tunisia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sidi Amor ben Salem Mine, Slata Pb-Zn deposit, Tajerouine, Kef, Tunisia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:893819
Long-form Identifier:1:3:893819:0
GUID (UUID V4):36fb941a-35dd-43f2-b377-55a32e3232d9
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
4.4km (2.8 miles) Slata Pb-Zn deposit, Tajerouine, Kef, Tunisia
17.3km (10.7 miles) Garn Alfaya Mine, Garn Alfaya, Tajerouine, Kef, Tunisia
24.9km (15.5 miles) Sakiet Koucha occurrence, Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf), Kef, Tunisia
35.1km (21.8 miles) Bou Jaber Mine, Bou Jaber (Bou Jabeur), Kasserine, Tunisia
36.1km (22.4 miles) Ouenza Mine, Ouenza, Ouenza District, Tébessa Province, Algeria
36.4km (22.6 miles) Djerissa Mine (Jerissa Mine), Kasserine, Tunisia
40.9km (25.4 miles) Sidi Youssef Mine, Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf), Kef, Tunisia
41.2km (25.6 miles) Boukhadra Mine, Boukhadra, El Aouïnet District, Tébessa Province, Algeria
50.0km (31.1 miles) Bou Grine Mine (Bougrine Mine), Sers, Kef, Tunisia
56.4km (35.0 miles) Djebel Sekarna Mine (Sekarna deposit), Djebel Sekarna, Siliana, Siliana, Tunisia
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE LEAD-ZINC-BEARING PAUL DEPOSITS OF TUNISIA SAINFELD CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ..................Table 1. 150 THE LEAD-ZINC-BEARING DEPOSITS OF TUNISIA TABLE Products I Marketable tonnage (In thousands...PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS The metalliferousdepositsin Tunisia are locatedalmost exclusivelyin the stronglyfoldedrocksthat...sedimentarydeposits(iron and phosphates) of central Tunisia. The principal depositsof the iron-lead-zincassociationare...therefore, in the richestand most temperatepart of Tunisia, but also in the difficultmountainous regions.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Diapir-Related Mississippi Valley-Type Ba-Pb-(± Zn) Ore of the Slata District, Tunisia: The Role of Halokinesis, Hydrocarbon...3Laboratoire des Sciences de Gafsa, Sidi Ahmed Zarrouk, 2112 Gafsa, Tunisia des Matériaux Utiles, Institut...d’Analyse Physico-chimiques, 2026 Technopole de Sidi Thabet, Tunisia 4GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences...Formation (Albian-Vraconian) along major faults in the Slata ore district raises the question of the roles played...mineralization. The Slata mining district, located in the Tunisian salt diapiric zone, contains Ba-Pb-(± Zn) ore hosted
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of the SlataGuern Halfaya area, North-Central Tunisia: Implication for genesis Larbi Rddad, Nejib Jemmali...the Cretaceous rocks of the Slata-Guern Halfaya area, North-Central Tunisia: Implication for genesis, Ore...the Cretaceous rocks of the Slata-Guern Halfaya area, North-Central Tunisia: Implication for genesis Larbi...Faculté des Sciences de Gafsa, Sidi Ahmed Zarrouk, 2112 Gafsa, Tunisia. Discipline of Geological Sciences...proximity of ore deposits, in the Slata-Guern Halfaya area (north-central Tunisia), to the Cretaceous Fahdene
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hydrothermal formation of the Ouenza siderite deposit (NE Algeria) Received: 4 January 1996 / Accepted:...Accepted: 17 July 1996 Abstract The Ouenza siderite deposit is located proximal to evaporitic diapirs of Triassic...important iron concentrations (120–150 MT) and minor Pb, Zn, Cu, Ba and F occurrences. The iron ore consists...7.5& SMOW, T = 100–120 °C. Later deposition of Pb, Zn, Cu, Ba and F minerals is controlled by fractures...Spain; Ouenza, Algeria; Djerissa and Hameima, Tunisia). The most reactive rocks to mineralizing fluids
Report (issue)
distance, au port de chargement (Tunis ou Sfax), de la mine la plus lointaine, ne depasse pas 300 kilometres...(production supe­ rieure a 10.000 ton11es-111etal, pour Pb-Zn , 100.000 pour Fe), p:umi lesquels cinq sont vraiment...travaux miniers im­ vortants (djebcl Ressas, Sidi Amor ben Salem, Bou Jaber, Khanguet). Ces reliques sont...comporter les mines de Mesloula, Ouenza, Bou Khadra . , Slata et Bou Jaber, cette derniere representant, peut-etre...Aoonr-:E qui signale, en j uin 1470, l'activite de la mine de plomb du djebel Ressas. II semble que les travaux
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
constraints on the genesis of the PbZn deposit of Jalta (northern Tunisia): Implications for timing of mineralization...d’Analyse Physico-chimiques, 2026 Technopole de Sidi Thabet, Tunisia Université de Tunis El Manar, Département...Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, 2092 El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia c School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James...Northern Tunisia a b s t r a c t The occurrence of PbZn deposits of Jalta district (northern Tunisia) as...processes. Pb isotopes in galena from the deposits yielded average 206 Pb/204 Pb, 207 Pb/204 Pb and 208
Book
convert, refine and treat whatever you want to mine. From the initial evaluation and planning to the...Somalia 13. Sudan 9 36 41 44 46 14 15 Syria Tunisia 49 51 146 Yemen 53 17 18 19 The Red Sea Israel...Solomon's mines are nothing but an ancient copper mine exploited by the ancient Egyptians. A temple dedicated...Qatar* Sheikhdom Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates* Yemen Arab Republic Yemen...conducted so far is very limited. Further, when a deposit is discovered, evaluation is seldom thorough. Drilling
Journal (issue)
rich silver ore that is easily processed. The deposit located at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington...The high-grade chlorargyrite of the Silver Reef deposit (figure 2) is found in the Springdale Sandstone...bottom of the Jurassic Period. The geology of the deposit becomes a bit confusing and is still not completely...anything else along the way. 2 The discovery of the deposit took a while to unfold. Everyone knew back in the...York Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals - Jetty Mine, Montana Rare Earth Element Minerals from Sheep
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Mitchell and Wilson M. Laird .............. 10 TUNISIA RICH IN MINERALS ................................U. S. A. The official Joun1al cf the Rocks and Mine,alt Aaoc~ation 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS e I I I I...group or party, to the name of a person, county, mine, mountain, or some other prominent locality where...entire time and energy to the mining of a huge deposit of mica in the town of Campton, New Hampshire,...from Sicily ; and metallic sulphides, galena, sphalerite, cinfrom Michij?an, California, and Utah in nabar
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superbgreenfluoritetwin25 mmon edge from the Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale,Durham.J. Piddcollection. MUSEUM...subscriptions and advertising. BARITE FROM BARRAS END MINE Peter Briscoe 15 DIGITAL MICRO-PHOTOGRAPHY David...FINANCE Jean C. Spence CESAflOLITE FROM EAGLEBROOK MINE Tom Cotterell 39 NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard...Richard Bell WURTZITE FROM LOCKRIDGE MINE Ben Grguric • Ernest Nickel 41 DESIGN Julie Ballard COPPER...appropriate channels. FROM SANDBED MINE FROM ROUGHTON GILL MINE Andrew Tindle • Trevor Bridges • David
Journal (issue)
Copper (?). Bisbee, Arizona Chalcocite after Sphalerite. Butte, Montana Grossularite after Diopside....aragonite after witherite, chalcopyrite after sphalerite.) Adsorption' of this kind is known from the...calcite, cerussite after anglesite, calamine after sphalerite, dolomite after fluorite.) The strong tendency...the serpentine pseudomorphs from the Tilly Foster Mine, Putnam Co., N. Y., appear to have formed through...Anglesite after Cerussite: III, B 2 b Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, 16364-6-7-9, 16371-2 'Traube,
sorosilicates 85 spessartite 78 sphaerocobaltite 42, 42 sphalerite 9, 10, 10 spherostilbite 124 spinel 24 spinel...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...(Italy) Right: Chalcocite. Cornwall (England) Sphalerite in its black ferriferous variety called marmatite...Bristol, Connecticut. It also occurs Red sphalerite. Wales at Butte, Montana, and in the eastern
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sorosilicates 85 spessartite 78 sphaerocobaltite 42, 42 sphalerite 9, 10, /0 spherostilbite 124 spinel 24 spinel...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...(Italy) Right: Chalcocite. Cornwall (England) Sphalerite inits black ferriferous variety called marmatite...silver districts Colorado, and at Butte, Montana. Sphalerite, ZnS: at of isometric system; sg 3.9-4.1; hardness
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sorosilicates 85 spessartite 78 sphaerocobaltite 42, 42 sphalerite 9, 10, JO spherostilbite 124 spine! 24 spine...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Pren1ier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to
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in the chemical formula (Fc 5 . Mil", As", Mn 4 , Pb"). Where an element features in both valences in...Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets
Journal (volume)
2007 PAPERS Zoned oxidation deposits in Tynebottom Mine, Garrigil1, Cumbria Trevo r F. Bridges and David...Copper·bearing silica gel from the walls of the Tankardstown mine, Co. Waterford, Treland Stephen Moreton 10-17 ...and 1. Ike Wilson 52-54 Powellite from Benallt mine, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd: a first Welsh occurrence...Tom F. Cotterell 54-55 Cesarolite from Frongoch Mine, Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion, Wales Tom F. Cotterell...55-56 PAPER Corkite and hinsdalite from Frongoch Mine, Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion, Wales, including evidence
Book
by his discovery of the world’s largest diamond mine. Nevertheless, the amateur will surely find many...Collector's pocket magnifying lens Species SPHALERITE Variety STALACTITE Composition Associations...luster called adamantine, which means diamondlike. Sphalerite is one of — the few minerals which shows a resinous...Sulfur Silicon *Fe Iron *Sb Antimony H *Hg K Li *Pb Mg Mn Mo Na Hydrogen Mercury Potassium Lithium Lead...Ti Titanium U ~~ Uranium Vv Vanadium W_ Tungsten Zn Zinc Zr Zirconium or combinations of elements
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...Remark: both minerals always contain more or less Fe, Zn, and often Hg. Nearly pure freibergite is very rare...during this period: for example, the genesis of Pb-Zn ore deposits or fluorite deposits of the central...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald
Report (issue)
................... (DABUEESweXcLavepoOwGderaat amor quartz (295) mene sere cst sean eee rire eh ere...and germanite appear with chalcopyrite and the sphalerite group. Similarly teallite is coupled with herzenbergite...’-’m3m; a = 4.080; Z = 4 2496Q (Cu/Ni)—East Gold mine, Bowser River district, Portland Canal area, B.C...silver Cell Studies, the same (a) 0, 0, S Z = mine, Coantimony). edge by Peacock (Univ. Toronto Geol...(Cu/Ni)—Calumet mine, Michigan; same pattern given by copper filings and material from Tamarak mine, Michigan
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and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman...the only minerals having this kind of bonding. sphalerite, and a number of the sulfides have the homopolar...included. Groups, however, are not here restricted sphalerite form another group. Chemical similarities or...Gold AujBi Maldonite Ag Cu Silver Copper Lead Pb — These native metals are isometric, hexoctahedral
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...EO EE FM GD GG GH GM Arnold Hampson David Baker Ben De Witt William Larson Carlos Barbosa Cal and Kerith... ye @_ wT rexye cil-ben welll A ee Se Pirie — Oh yas wg Tei fat =~...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©
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la maille contiendra 4 PbS ou plutot 4 atomes de Pb et 4 atomes de S. Dans un reseau, un ensemble de...situees d'un cote du rniroir M. Tres rare. Diaboleite. Pb 2 [Cu(OH)4 Cl 2 ]. flemiedrie centree. - A4 , M,...tartoedrie e11antio111orplze. - A3. Tres rare. Gratonite Pb 9 As4 S 1 5 . Systeme ortho,-hombique Holoedrie...par rapport a l'oxygene, d'autres comme Al, Ca, Na, Zn, etc ... en ont deux car le rapport de leur rayon...un assemblage cubique faces centrees, les cations Pb ++ occupant les lacunes octaedriques. Le plomb est
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...figure caption code. Arnold Hampson David Baker Ben De Witt William Larson Carlos Barbosa Cal and Kerith...weathered and oxidized zone overlying a sulfide deposit; contains a concentration of hydrated iron oxide...primary mineral deposit in a vein or rock mass as opposed to a secondary (e.g., placer) deposit. luminescence
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be found only during the lifetime of a particular mine. Wherever possible, authentic original specimens...identity and relationship of the minerals in an ore deposit, which may lead to useful information about the...is usually applied to those minerals in an ore deposit that have no value 10 cONCEPTS Partl and which...Bais 42021 Phy 1100 f - - --@-----—-- fizio ben v 2201 \ es — -4@ 23110 23100 , aa Partl...minerals crystallizing in this class are sodalite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, and tennantite. The diploidal
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Great Salt Lake, Utah. In Canada, an important deposit of salt lies along the eastern shores of Lake Huron...Silver City district, Owyhee County, Idaho, Poorman mine, where masses weighing many pounds were especially...probably also occurs in that state in the Hechman mine, near Globe, Gila County. Many other occurrences...5.68 2.346 and miersite crystalhze with the sphalerite type which the metal atoms are tetrahedrally...on Space group from structural identity with sphalerite. Larsen (114, 1921). 3. Sieveking in 4. Armstrong
 
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