Mine detail: Mdilla

Previously called '*illa'

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Location: Tunisia, Africa
Lat / long: 34.24923, 8.75729
dep_id: 10024681
mrds_id: ISM0415
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Chouabine Formation; Ypresian;Chouabine Formation; Ypresian;Chouabine Formation; Ypresian
hrock_type: Argillite,Limestone
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1893
References:
  • Deposit:: BRIT. SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON
  • Deposit:: FOURNIE, D. 1979: PHOSPHATES ET PETROLE EN TUNISIE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980
  • Deposit:: SASSI, S. 1979: CONTEXTE PALEOGEOGRAPHIQUE DES DEPOTS PHOSPHATES DE *OCENE DE TUNISIE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980
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