Mine detail: Redeyef

Previously called 'RedeylRedeyel'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.36591, 8.1184

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Discovery year:	1899

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation
Host type:	Argillite,Limestone,Phosphorite
Structure:	Gafsa Basin

References

MRDS	ISM0419
DEP	10024685
Reference	{Deposit:: BRITISH 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 EN TUNISIE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980}{Deposit:: CHAABANI, F., 1978: LES PHOSPHORITES DE LA COUPE-TYPE DE FOUM-SELJA (METLAOUI-TUNISIE), THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURG}{Production:: PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.118, MARCH/APRIL, 1982, P.25-26}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.