Mine detail: Le Kouif

Previously called 'Djebel Kouif'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.49919, 8.33509

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Discovery year:	1873

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1894
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphate Formation;Phosphate Formation;Phosphate Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Chert
Structure:	Synclinal Outlier, Kouif-Syncline

References

MRDS	ISM0412
DEP	10024678
Reference	{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: OUSSEDIK, M. ET AL., 1979: LES MINERALISATIONS PHOSPHATEES EOCENES EN ALGERIE, DOCUMENT DU BRGM, NO.24, P.141-154, 1980, ORLEANS}{Deposit:: CHABOU, M. 1974: A GEOLOGIC OUTLOOK ON THE PHOSPHATE IN ALGERIA, THE SECOND ARAB CONFERENCE FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, PART III, P.58-77, JEDDAH}{Production:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED. P.144, LONDON ORE P REC B.27 C.MIL MT D.1979 E.65 % BPL, 29.8 % P2O5}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.