Mine detail: Taiba Deposit

Location:	Senegal, Africa
Lat / long:	15.10058, -16.8153
dep_id:	60000674
mrds_id:	ISM0401
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL METEORIC ENRICHMENT
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
Structure:	WEST SENEGAL BASIN
Year first produced:	1960
disc_yr:	1948
References:	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