Mine detail: Ruseifa

Previously called 'ZarkaArrasifaFar South AreaZarqaRas Al AinNorth MineImpresitEl-Zarga'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.0157, 36.05142

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year:	1903

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

References

MRDS	ISM0433
DEP	60000686
Reference	{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: WIESEMANN, G., 1976: THE POTENTIAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN JORDAN. NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, VOL.3, P.56-71, TUEBINGEN}{Deposit:: JORDAN PHOSPHATE MINES CO. LTD., 1974: PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN JORDAN, 2ND. ARAB CONFERENCE FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, PART III, PHOSPHATE SECTION, P.28-44, JEDDAH}{Deposit:: YOUSSEF, M.I. AND KARAM, S.Y., 1972: PETROGRAPHY OF SOME JORDANIAN PHOSPHATE ROCKS, 1969: 6TH ARAB SCI. CONGRESS, (4:B), P.933-942, DAMASKUS}