www.tjprc.org editor@tjprc.org MINERALOGY OF IRON ORES OF OUENZA DEPOSIT, ALGERIA KHOUDOUR DJAMEL 1 , MEDDAHI RABAH 2 & EVTEKHOV VALERY DMITRIVITCH 3 1 Department of Nature and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of M’sila, Algeria 2,3 Department of Geology and Mineralogy Applied, KrivoyRog National University, Ukraine ABSTRACT Results of studies of mineral composition, individuals and aggregates morphology of Ouenza deposit were given. Results of IR-spectroscopic and thermographic studies of ore forming minerals such as hematite, goethite, siderite, calcite, dolomite, kaolinite were analyzed. Conclusion on ore formation staging was made. It was suggested to use mineralogical data for solving applied problems connected with ore bodies mapping, ore beneficiating. KEYWORDS: Iron Ore Deposit, Ouenza , Hematite , Mineral Received: Mar 03, 2017; Accepted: Apr 18, 2017; Published: Apr 21, 2017; Paper Id.: TJPRC: IJEEGSJUN20175 INTRODUCTION Mining works started in the region in Classical Antiquity time. First operations dated IV-I centuries B.C., and main row material mined by Romans was not iron, but copper ore. Ore mining ceased in Ouenza region with decline of the Roman Empire. Mining and geological investigations of the end of XIX century contributed into its restoration. First information on iron ores of the region appeared in a work of a French engineer G. Tiss (1875). Iron ore exploration works started in 1895, and in 1901 a French geologist Passiole determined reserves for several deposits including the Ouenza one. In 1902 he created Iron Ore Mining Company that started exploiting the deposit in 1913. Figure 1: Geographical Location of the City of Ouenza (Google Earth, 2011) Original Article TJPRC: International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Geological Science (TJPRC: IJEEGS) Vol. 1, Issue 1, Jun 2017, 43-52 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.