Mine detail: Metlaoui

Previously called 'Foum-Selja'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.48256, 8.40174

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Discovery year:	1895

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Chert

References

MRDS	ISM0416
DEP	10024682
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.