Djebel Chouichia (Jebel Chouichia; Chouichia deposit), Jendouba Nord, Jendouba, Tunisiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Djebel Chouichia (Jebel Chouichia; Chouichia deposit) | Deposit |
| Jendouba Nord | Municipality |
| Jendouba | Governorate |
| Tunisia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 31' 59'' North , 8° 37' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Oued Meliz | 2,148 (2018) | 9.4km |
| Jendouba | 51,408 (2018) | 15.0km |
| Fernana | 1,962 (2018) | 15.3km |
| Nibbar | 3,393 (2018) | 29.8km |
| El Tarf | 20,300 (2018) | 37.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
215666
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:215666:1
GUID (UUID V4):
8b3018e7-f64e-4818-b7ca-67ab393086d3
Abandoned(?) copper mine/deposit.
Located 43 km northwest of Jendouba (formerly Souk-el-Arba).
The ore deposit is hosted in Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene sedimentary sequences in a regional transcurrent shear zone. The deposit occupies an area of about 2000 m2, where underground mining from 1950 to 1953 produced some 2000 tons of metallic copper and a few thousand ounces Ag, from selectively extracted tennantite-tetrahedrite veins.
A smelter was operated from 1904 to 1909.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Bismuth Formula: Bi |
| ⓘ Bismuthinite Formula: Bi2S3 |
| ⓘ 'Bismuthinite-Stibnite Series' |
| ⓘ 'Bismuthinite-Stibnite Series var. Horobetsuite' Formula: (Bi,Sb)2S3 to (Sb,Bi)2S3 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcostibite Formula: CuSbS2 |
| ⓘ Famatinite Formula: Cu3SbS4 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
| ⓘ 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ Wittichenite Formula: Cu3BiS3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Bismuth | 1.CA.05 | Bi |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Bismuthinite | 2.DB.05 | Bi2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | Wittichenite | 2.GA.20 | Cu3BiS3 |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ | Chalcostibite | 2.HA.05 | CuSbS2 |
| ⓘ | Famatinite | 2.KA.10 | Cu3SbS4 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Bismuthinite-Stibnite Series var. Horobetsuite' | - | (Bi,Sb)2S3 to (Sb,Bi)2S3 |
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Bismuthinite-Stibnite Series' | - | |
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