Mine detail: Arad

Previously called 'Zefa *e Mineral Deposits'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.11576, 35.20142

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1970

Geology

References

MAS5080000001
DEP10304430
Reference{Deposit:: ANNONYMOUS, ISRAEL, PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 94, MARCH/}{Deposit:: APRIL, 1978.}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, NEGEV PHOSPHATES COME OF AGE: PHOSPHORUS}{Deposit:: & POTASSIUM, NO. 107, MAY/JUNE, 1980, PP. 27-32.}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, NEGEV PHOSPHATES IS INVESTING $25 MILLION:}{Deposit:: MARCH 1981.}{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATES, 4TH EDITION,}{Deposit:: PART 4, MIDDLE EAST, ASIA AND OCEANIA, 1980, P. 161-164}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCES EVALUATION PROGRAM (IUREP),}{Deposit:: NO. 139, ISRAEL, AIEA, VIENNA, 1980.}{Deposit:: E & MJ, AUGUST 1987, P.13-14}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1987, P.454}
ReporterFantel, Richard J.