Mine detail: Hor Hahar

Previously called 'Zin Mine ComplexNahal Zin'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.84902, 35.10143

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Chlorine, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Silica, Sodium, Aluminum, Calcium, Uranium
Other material: Calcite, Chert
Discovery year: 1930

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1978

Geology

References

MAS5080000006
DEP10207164
Reference{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, ISRAEL, MINERALS YEARBOOK, WORLD REVIEW 1978-79.}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, NEGEV PHOSPHATES COME OF AGE: PHOSPHORUS &}{Deposit:: POTASSIUM, NO. 107, MAY/JUNE, 1980, P. 27-32}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, PHOSPHATES; E. & M.J., JANUARY, 1979.}{Deposit:: DEVOTO, R, H, AND STEVENS, D. N., URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS OF THE FREE WORLD, U.S. DEPT. ENERGY CONTRACT,}{Deposit:: GRAND JUNCTION, GJBX 110 (79), 1979, P. 386-390.}{Deposit:: FERTECON (MIKE MEW), ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ISRALI}{Deposit:: PHOSPHATE ROCK INDUSTRY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1981}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCES EVALUATION PROGRAM (IUREP),}{Deposit:: NO. 139, ISRAEL, AIEA, VIENNA, 1980.}{Deposit:: KETZINEL, Z., URANIUM SOURCES, PRODUCTION AND DEMAND IN}{Deposit:: ISRAEL: IN, URANIUM AND THORIUM RESOURCES, VOL. 8, U.N.}{Deposit:: IN* CONF. PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY, GENEVA,}{Deposit:: 1972, PP. 113-119.}{Deposit:: NATHAN, Y. AND SHILONI, Y., EXPLORATION FOR URANIUM IN}{Deposit:: PHOSPHORITES. A NEW STUDY ON URANIUM IN ISRAEL PHOSPHO-}{Deposit:: RITES. IN: EXPLORATION FOR URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS: IAEA,}{Deposit:: VIENNA, PP. 645-655, 1976.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JANUARY 1982, P. 50.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1982, P. 55.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, AUGUST 1982, P.66 .}{Deposit:: PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 130, MARCH/APRIL 1984, PP 18-23}{Deposit:: PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 131, MAY/JUNE 1984, PP 20-24}{Deposit:: E&MJ, NOVEMBER 1984, P 17.}{Deposit:: PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 147, JANUARY/FEB. 1984 P 37.}{Deposit:: PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 148, MARCH/APRIL 1984, P 13.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JANUARY 1986, P61.}{Deposit:: E&MJ, AUGUST 1987, PP13-14.}{Deposit:: PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 152, NOV/DEC. 1987, P 14}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1987, P. 454.}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1988, P. 427.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.