Mine detail: Makhtesh

Previously called 'Makhtesh Qatan'

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Location: Israel, Asia
Lat / long: 30.99908, 35.16809
dep_id: 10024696
mrds_id: ISM0430
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_type: Limestone
Structure: Zin Syncline
Year first produced: 1965
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
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
  • Production:: BUNDESSTELLE FUER AUSSENHANDELSINFORMATION, 20.2.1980
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