Mine detail: Sharkya B

Previously called 'Ghadir Al HamalEastern AreaShartya A&BEastern A & B'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.71554, 36.70145

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Other material: Calcite, Collophane, Quartz
Discovery year: 1933

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1974

Geology

References

MAS5020000002
DEP10182679
Reference{Deposit:: U S BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL 75, NO 2,}{Deposit:: FEBRUARY 1978, P 14}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGA}{Deposit:: DISTRICT, EGYPT, VOL 61, 1966, P 1142-1161}{Deposit:: EARTH SCIENCES, INC, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATES RESOURCES AND}{Deposit:: TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROM}{Deposit:: PHOSPHATES RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD,}{Deposit:: VOL 1}{Deposit:: THE OXFORD MAP OF SYRIA, GEOPROJECTS P. O. BOX 113.529,}{Deposit:: BEIRUT, LEBANON}{Deposit:: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL 57,}{Deposit:: NO 3, SEP 1963}{Deposit:: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL 67,}{Deposit:: NO 2, FEB 1970}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1984, P. 437.}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1987, P. 450.}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1988, P. 428.}{Reserve-Resource:: BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 1980}{Reserve-Resource:: WORLD BANK, WORLD PHOSPHATE SURVEY BACKGROUND PAPERS,}{Reserve-Resource:: SEP 1979}{Reserve-Resource:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGA}{Reserve-Resource:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE}{Reserve-Resource:: DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., LONDON, 274PP., 1987.}
ReporterFantel, Richard J.