Mine detail: Sidi-Daoui Opencast Operations

Previously called 'Grand-DaouiDaoui-SudKhouribga Opencast Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.86618, -6.63164

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Discovery year: 1922

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1956
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Dalle A Thersite, Lutetian;Ypresian;Maestrichtian
Host type:Limestone,Chert

References

MRDSISM0405
DEP10024671
Reference{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}
ReporterKrauss, Ulrich H.