Mine detail: Taiba Deposit

Previously called '
*omour DiopKeur Mor FallTobene'

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Location

Lat / long:

15.10058, -16.8153

Resource(N)

Primary:	Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Discovery year:	1948

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL METEORIC ENRICHMENT
Production size:	None
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1960

Geology

Structure:

WEST SENEGAL BASIN

References

MRDS	ISM0401
DEP	60000674
Reference	{Deposit:: THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: LUCAS, J. ET AL., 1979: (SENEGAL). LE GISEMENT DE PHOSPHATE DE CHAUX DE TAIBA. SCI. GEOL. BULL.32, 1-2, P.39-57, STRASBOURG}{Deposit:: WORLD BANK, 1979: THE ECONOMIC TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF SENEGAL, REPORT VOL.III, P.54-59}{Deposit:: MENOR, ALBUQUERQUE DE, E., 1975: LA SEDIMENTATION PHOSPHATEE; PETROGRAPHIC, MINERALOGIE ET GEOCHIMIE DES GISEMENTS DE TAIBA (SENEGAL) ET *LINDA (BRESIL), THESIS, UNIV. STRASBOURG}