Mine detail: Oron

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 30.86577, 35.9847

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Sodium, Uranium, Silica, Aluminum, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Chlorine
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1952

Geology

References

MAS5080000005
DEP10133748
Reference{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, ISRAEL: WORLD MINING, CAT. & DIR. NO., 1980.}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, NEGEV PHOSPHATES..: E. & M. J., MARCH 1981.}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, NEGEV PHOSPHATES COME OF AGE: PHOS. & POT.,}{Deposit:: NO. 107, MAY/JUNE 1980.}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, ROCK LOADER FOR ASHDOD: PHOS. & POT., NO. 104,}{Deposit:: NOV./DEC. 1979.}{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., SURVEY OF WORLD PHOSPHATES, 4TH}{Deposit:: EDITION, 1980, PP. 162-163.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCES EVALUATION PROGRAM}{Deposit:: (IUREP), NO. 139, AIEA, VIENNA, 1930.}{Deposit:: E&MJ, AUGUST 1987, P.13-14}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1987, P.454.}
ReporterFantel, Richard J.