Mine detail: Akashat

Previously called 'Rutba'

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Location: Iraq, Asia
Lat / long: 33.69886, 40.00139
dep_id: 60000690
mrds_id: ISM0438
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Structure: GAARA ANTICLINE
Year first produced: 1981
disc_yr: 1960
References:
  • Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON
  • Deposit:: AL-BASSAM, K.S., 1975: THE MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GENESIS OF THE AKASHAT PHOSPHORITE DEPOSIT, WESTERN IRAQ. JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRAK, VOL.IX, P.1-33, BAGDAD
  • Deposit:: NATIONAL IRAQI MINERAL CO., 1974: AKASHAT PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT AND ITS INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION IN: 2ND ARAB CONF. FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, PART III, PHOSPHATES SECTION, JEDDAH
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