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Bougrine

Producer in Tunisia with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134649
MAS/MILS ID 7230150005
Record type Site
Current site name Bougrine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 8.50208, 36.49944 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country
Tunisia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Tertiary
Lead Primary
Zinc Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 8.50208, 36.49944
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both metallic and non-metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Tunisia
    Interest 18
    Home office Tunisia
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Metallgesellschaft Subsidiary Metall Mining Co.
    Interest 45
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tunisian Banks In Conjunction W/ The Government
    Interest 27
    Home office Tunisia
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ifc
    Interest 10
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 5,443,000mt ore
    Indicated 5,443,000mt ore
    Total resources 5,443,000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 12 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1989
    Lead Pb 3 wt-pct Lead Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 5,300,000mt ore
    Total resources 5,300,000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 11.7 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1994
    Lead Pb 2.6 wt-pct Lead Major 1994

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 2414
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1989

Comments on other economic factors

  • 6-92: CONSTRUCTION HAS COMMENCED AT THE ZINC-LEAD PROJECT IN NORTHERN TUNISIA. THE $50 MILLION DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. WHEN IN FULL PRODUCTION, OUTPUT FROM THE MINE IS EXPECTED TO REACH 14,000 TPY OF LEAD IN CONCENTRATE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 7230150005

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ILZSG 1989-MINING JOURNAL 5/16/89

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINERALS INTELLIGENCE

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, JAN 1994, V. 170 N. 1, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    10/21/96-AMERICAN METALS MARKET-PG. 1

  • Deposit

    THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA. 1965. PP. 385-387.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MRDS, MINERAL RESOURCE DATA SYSTEM.

  • Deposit

    SAINFELD, PAUL. THE LEAD-ZINC BEARING DEPOSITS OF TUNISIA.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. 1956. PP. 150-177.

  • Deposit

    ORGEVAL, JEAN-JAQUES, DENIS GIOT, JALIA KAROUI, JACQUES

  • Deposit

    MINTHEL, AND RACHEL SAHLI. LE GISEMENT DE ZN-PB DE

  • Deposit

    BOU GRINE (ATLAS TUNISIEN). DESCRIPTION ET HITORIQUE'DE

  • Deposit

    LA DECOUVERTE. CHRON. RECH. MIN. NO. 482, MARCH 1986 PP.

  • Deposit

    5-32.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MAS, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM.

  • Deposit

    DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY. OPERATIONAL NAVIGATION CHART

  • Deposit

    1:1,000,000. ONC G-2. EDITION G 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS OF OCTOBER 1996, SOCIETE MINIERE BOUGRINE HAS INDEFINITELY SUSPENDED OPERATIONS AT BOUGRINE DUE TO CURRENT ZINC PRICE LEVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-APR-1997 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines