Mine detail: Khouribga

Previously called 'Kourigha'

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Location: Khouribga, Morocco, Africa
Lat / long: 32.89951, -6.94831
dep_id: 10081087
mrds_id: W032787
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 243: Phosphate, upwelling type
ore_ctrl: Sedimentary
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith, S., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Limestone;Phosphatesrock
hrock_type: Limestone,Chert
Structure: Uplifted Central Plateau, Flat-Lying Beds
Year first produced: 1921
disc_yr: 1912
References:
  • Deposit:: LAWSON, A.C., 1931, THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF KHOURIGA, MOROCCO: ECON. GEOL., V. 31, P. 480-484.
  • Deposit:: MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT, 1976-1977 P. 119.
  • Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.
  • Deposit:: HARBEN AND BATES, 1984, GEOLOGY OF THE NONMETALLICS: NEW YORK, METAL BULLETIN INC., 393 P.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.
  • Production:: LAWSON, 1931; KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984
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