Mine detail: Sidi-Daoui Opencast Operations

Previously called 'Grand-DaouiDaoui-SudKhouribga Opencast Mine'

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Location: Casablanca*, Morocco, Africa
Lat / long: 32.86618, -6.63164
dep_id: 10024671
mrds_id: ISM0405
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Dalle A Thersite, Lutetian;Ypresian;Maestrichtian
hrock_type: Limestone,Chert
Year first produced: 1956
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1922
References:
  • Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON
  • Deposit:: SALVAN, H. 1960: LES PHOSPHATES DE CHAUX SEDIMENTAIRES DU MAROC. NOTES MAROCAINES; SOC. GEOGR. MAROC, NO.14, P.7-20, RABAT
  • Deposit:: MOUNTASSIR, M. EL. 1977: LA ZONE RUBEFIEE DE SIDI DAOUI... THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURG
  • Deposit:: BELFKIRA, O. 1980: EVOLUTIONS SEDIMENTOLOGIQUES ET GEOCHIMIQUES DE LA SERIE PHOSPHATEE DU MAESTRICHTIEN DES OULAD ABDOUN. THESIS, UNIVERSITY GRENOBLE
  • Production:: INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING VISIT IN APRIL 1982
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