Mine detail: Le Kouif

Previously called 'Djebel Kouif'

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Location: Algeria, Africa
Lat / long: 35.49919, 8.33509
dep_id: 10024678
mrds_id: ISM0412
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Phosphate Formation;Phosphate Formation;Phosphate Formation
hrock_type: Limestone,Chert
Structure: Synclinal Outlier, Kouif-Syncline
Year first produced: 1894
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1873
References:
  • 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
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