Mine detail: Kef Es Schfair

Previously called 'Kef Echfaier'

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Location: Tunisia, Africa
Lat / long: 34.4159, 8.50173
dep_id: 10024680
mrds_id: ISM0414
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Metlaoui, Carbonate Series;Metlaoui, Phosphate Series;Metlaoui, Evaporites
hrock_type: Dolomite,Phosphorite,Evaporite
Year first produced: 1972
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
References:
  • 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
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