Mine detail: Sehib

Previously called 'Djellabia *inda'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.20368, 8.69201

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1971
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Chouabine Formation; Ypresian;Chouabine Formation; Ypresian;Chouabine Formation; Ypresian
Host type:Argillite,Limestone
Structure:Gafsa Basin, Sehib Anticline

References

MRDSISM0420
DEP10024686
Reference{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: LUCAS, J. CHAABANI, F. & PREVOT, L., 1979: PHOSPHORITES ET EVAPORITES: DEUX FORMATIONS DE MILIEUX SEDIMENTAIES...(METLAOUI) - SCI. GEOL. BULL, 32, 1-2, P.7-19 STRASBOURG}{Deposit:: FOURNIE, D. 1979: PHOSPHATE 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}{Production:: NO SEPERATE PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR SEHIB AVAILABE. PLANNED CAPACITY IS 1.8 MILLION TPY OF ORE, WHICH WOULD MEAN 1.3 MILLION TPY CONCENTRATE}
ReporterKrauss, Ulrich H.