Mine detail: Meraa-El-Arech

Previously called 'Piste RoyaleMeaGhar-MaatiZone Centrale'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.76619, -6.79831

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1966
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Ypresian;Ypresian;Thanetian Montian
Host type:	Limestone,Chert

References

MRDS	ISM0406
DEP	10024672
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}{Production:: INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING VISIT}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.