Mine detail: Arad

Previously called 'Zefa *eZefayef'

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Location: Israel, Asia
Lat / long: 31.0824, 35.16809
dep_id: 10024694
mrds_id: ISM0428
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Ghareb Formation;Mishash Formation;Menuha Formation
hrock_type: Limestone,Chert
Structure: Zefa *e Syncline
Year first produced: 1970
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1930
References:
  • Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON
  • Deposit:: AXELROD, S., METZER, A., ROHRLICH, V., 1980: THE PETROGRAPHY OF ISRAELI PHOSPHATES AS RELATED TO THEIR BENEFICIATION. MARINE PHOSPHORITES-GEOCHEMISTRY, OCCURANCE, GENESIS, TULSA/OKLAHOMA
  • Deposit:: NATHAN, Y. ET AL., 1979: THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEGEV PHOSPHORITES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL, BULLETIN 73, JERUSALEM
  • Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO.180, SEPT. 1982, LONDON
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