Mine detail: Kalaa Khasba

Previously called 'Kalaa Djerda'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.66587, 8.66846

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1893

Geology

References

MAS7230150002
DEP10134534
Reference{Deposit:: AMERICAN EMBASSY TUNISIA, INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT, 6/9/80.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICLA SURVEY. MAS MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM.}{Deposit:: SAINFELD, PAUL. THE LEAD-ZINC BEARING DEPOSITS OF TUNISIA.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. 1956. PP. 150-177.}{Deposit:: BOYCE, R.L., THE TUNISIAN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY: TRIP REPORT}{Deposit:: MARCH 21, 1980}{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS, FOURTH EDITION, 1980}{Deposit:: COMPANIE DES PHOSPHATES DE GAFSA, FIVE YEAR PLAN, TABLES FOR}{Deposit:: YEARS 1978 THROUGH 1984}{Deposit:: DEVOTO, R.H., AND D.N. STEVENS, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY}{Deposit:: FROM PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD,}{Deposit:: VOL. 1, JUNE 1979}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 14TH, LES RESERVES}{Deposit:: MONDIALES EN PHOSPHATES, 2 VOLUMES, 1926}{Deposit:: KHAMMOUMA, S., LETTER TO W.F. STOWASSER, JULY 16, 1979}{Deposit:: SHELDRICK, W.F. AND HARALD STIER, WORLD PHOSPHATE SURVEY}{Deposit:: BACKGROUND PAPERS, SEPT. 1979. (RESTRICTED CIRCULATION.}{Deposit:: USE ONLY WITH PERMISSION.)}{Deposit:: SRI INTERNATIONAL, CHEMICAL ECONOMICS HANDBOOK, PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: ROCK, MARCH 1980}{Deposit:: STOWASSER, W.F., FIELD TRIP REPORT--TUNISIAN PHOSPHATE ROCK}{Deposit:: MINING INDUSTRY, NOV. 24, 1976}{Deposit:: STOWASSER, W.F., MEMORANDUM: FIELD TRIP TO PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: PRODUCING MINES IN TUNISIA, DEC. 18, 1979.}{Deposit:: TUNISIA BANKS ON NEW TECHNOLOGY ... P205 PRODUCTION GOALS}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 1980.}{Deposit:: TUNISIA ... PLANT TO DOUBLE PHOSPHATE PRODUCTION ...,}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1976.}{Reserve-Resource:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1986, PP.20-27.}
ReporterFantel, Richard J.