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Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan, Tunisiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Hammam-Zriba Mine | Mine |
| Zriba-Village | Commune |
| Zaghouan | Governorate |
| Tunisia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 20' 31'' North , 10° 12' 36'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zaghouan | 16,911 (2018) | 9.0km |
| El Fahs | 18,083 (2018) | 27.4km |
| Hammamet | 53,733 (2018) | 36.9km |
| La Mohammedia | 66,593 (2016) | 37.2km |
| Bou Arkoub | 10,024 (2018) | 37.5km |
A fluorspar-barite-Pb-Zn mine, owned by the Société Minière de Spath Fluor et de Barytine.
Some literature simply refers to this as the Hammam Zriba fluorite mine.
Cenozoic fluorite mineralization : cementation under 115b/130 °C fluid conditions ; hydrothermal solution rising from underlying Triassic series, along horsts and grabens.
The F–Ba– (Zn–Pb) mineralization occurs along the unconformity between the lime stones of the Ressas Formation (Kimmeridgian–Tithonian–Berriasian) and the limestones of the Abiod Formation (upper–Campanian). It is hosted either within the Campanian silico–phosphatic matrix as a banded–stratiform orebody or as veins cutting through the Ressas Formation. Two stages of mineralization: a syngenetic ore (M0) stage and an epigenetic stage for fluorite deposition. The epigenetic stage includes three main types of fluorites (F1, F2 and F3). Type M0 mineralization is early and does not contain fluorite. It occurs as concordant clusters under two facies, respectively siliceous and barytic. This stage is made of quartz and barite accompanied by sulfides, with sphalerite being the dominant sulfide mineral, followed by galena.
Note: Many of the well-crystallized "baryte" specimens from here, marketed from 1998 onwards, are actually celestine, as proven by several EDS analyses and density measurements, by Dr. Bob Housley and John Attard, among others.
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19 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Smithsonite | 5.AB.05 | ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Zinkosite | 7.AB.10 | ZnSO4 |
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Celestine var. Barium-bearing Celestine | 7.AD.35 | (Sr,Ba)SO4 |
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Celestine | 7.AD.35 | SrSO4 |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Benauite | 8.BL.10 | SrFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Willemite | 9.AA.05 | Zn2SiO4 |
| ⓘ | Hemimorphite | 9.BD.10 | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Group 10 - Organic Compounds | |||
| ⓘ | Evenkite | 10.BA.50 | C21H44 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Ozocerite var. Hatchettite' | - | |
| ⓘ | '' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Petroleum var. Bitumen' | - | |
| ⓘ | '' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Kerogen' | - | |
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References
Bouhlel, S., Fortuné, J.-P., Guilhaumou, N., Touray, J.-C. (1988) Les minéralisations stratiformes à F-Ba de Hammam Zriba, Jebel Guébli (Tunisie nord-orientale): l'apport des études d'inclusions fluides à la modélisation génétique. Mineralium Deposita, 23 (3). 166-173 doi:10.1007/bf00204295
Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan, Tunisia