Mine detail: Sehib

Location:	Tunisia, Africa
Lat / long:	34.20368, 8.69201
dep_id:	10024686
mrds_id:	ISM0420
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:	Chouabine Formation; Ypresian;Chouabine Formation; Ypresian;Chouabine Formation; Ypresian
hrock_type:	Argillite,Limestone
Structure:	Gafsa Basin, Sehib Anticline
Year first produced:	1971
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1982
References:	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