Mine detail: Ruseifa

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

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Location: Jordan, Asia
Lat / long: 32.0157, 36.05142
dep_id: 60000686
mrds_id: ISM0433
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Year first produced: 1937
disc_yr: 1903
References:
  • 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
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