Mine detail: Kef Es Schfair

Previously called 'Kef Echfaier'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.4159, 8.50173

Resource(N)

Primary:

Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1972
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Metlaoui, Carbonate Series;Metlaoui, Phosphate Series;Metlaoui, Evaporites
Host type:	Dolomite,Phosphorite,Evaporite

References

MRDS	ISM0414
DEP	10024680
Reference	{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: ANONYM, 1977: GAFSA REVISITED, PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.90, P.21-24, LONDON}{Production:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., P.148, LONDON}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.