Mine detail: Ben-Guerir

Location:	Morocco, Africa
Lat / long:	32.24955, -7.765
dep_id:	10024674
mrds_id:	ISM0408
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
Reporter:	Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit:	Maestrichtian;Maestrichtian;Maestrichtian
hrock_type:	Sand and Gravel,Argillite,Limestone
Year first produced:	1980
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1982
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 MAROC. SOC. GEOGR. MAROC, NO.14, P.7-20, RABAT Deposit:: BOUJO, A., 1972: CONTRIBUTION A *TUDE GEOLOGIQUE DU GISEMENT GANNTOUR. THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURG,- PUBLISHED 1976 - NOTES ET MEM. SERV. GEOL. MAROC NO.262 Deposit:: WADJINNY, A., 1979: MILIEU DE SEDIMENTATION... COUCHES INFERIEURES DE LA SERIE PHOSPHATE DE BEN GUERIR. THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURG Production:: INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING VISIT IN APRIL 1982 INTERNAL REPORT GERMAN EMBASSY, 1982