The F'derik-Zouerate iron district: Mesoarchean and Paleoproterozoic iron formation of the Tiris Complex, Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Cliff D. Taylor; Carol A. Finn; Eric D. Anderson; Dwight C. Bradley; Mohamed Joud; Ahmed Taleb Mohamed; John D. Horton; Craig A. Johnson

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31733-5

The F'derik-Zouerate iron district: Mesoarchean and Paleoproterozoic iron formation of the Tiris Complex, Islamic Republic of Mauritania

By: Cliff D. Taylor, Carol A. Finn, Eric D. Anderson, Dwight C. Bradley, Mohamed Joud, Ahmed Taleb Mohamed, John D. Horton, and Craig A. Johnson

Edited by: Mohammed Bouabdellah and John F. Slack

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31733-5

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Abstract

High-grade hematitic iron ores (of HIF, containing 60-65 wt%Fe) have been mined in Mauritania since 1952 from Superior-type iron deposits of the F'derik-Zouerate district. Depletion of the high-grade ores in recent years has resulted in new exploration projects focused on lower-grade magnetite ores occurring in Algoma-type banded iron formation (of BIF, containing ca. 35 wt% Fe). Mauritania is the seventeenth largest iron producer in the world and currently has about 1.1 Gt of crude iron ore reserves.

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Publication type	Book chapter
Publication Subtype	Book Chapter
Title	The F'derik-Zouerate iron district: Mesoarchean and Paleoproterozoic iron formation of the Tiris Complex, Islamic Republic of Mauritania
DOI	10.1007/978-3-319-31733-5
Year Published	2016
Language	English
Publisher	Springer
Contributing office(s)	Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center
Description	45 p.
Larger Work Type	Book
Larger Work Subtype	Monograph
Larger Work Title	Mineral deposits of North Africa
First page	529
Last page	573
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