Mine detail: Metlaoui

Previously called 'Foum-Selja'

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Location: Tunisia, Africa
Lat / long: 34.48256, 8.40174
dep_id: 10024682
mrds_id: ISM0416
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: Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation
hrock_type: Limestone,Chert
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1895
References:
  • Deposit:: CHAABANI, F. 1978: LES PHOSPHORITES DE LA COUPE TYPE DE FOUM SELJA (METLAOUI, TUNISIE), THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURG
  • Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON
  • Deposit:: SASSI, S. 1979: CONTEXTE PALEOGEOGRAPHIQUE DES DEPOTS PHOSPHATES DE *OCENE EN TUNISIE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980
  • Production:: PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.90, P.21, 1977
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