Mine detail: Redeyef

Previously called 'RedeylRedeyel'

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Location: Qafsah, Tunisia, Africa
Lat / long: 34.36591, 8.1184
dep_id: 10024685
mrds_id: ISM0419
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation
hrock_type: Argillite,Limestone,Phosphorite
Structure: Gafsa Basin
Year first produced: 1907
disc_yr: 1899
References:
  • Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON
  • Deposit:: FOURNIE, D., 1979: PHOSPHATES ET PETROLE EN TUNISIE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980
  • Deposit:: SASSI, S., 1979: CONTEXTE PALEOGEOGRAPHIQUE DES DEPOTS PHOSPHATES DE *OCENE EN TUNISIE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980
  • Deposit:: CHAABANI, F., 1978: LES PHOSPHORITES DE LA COUPE-TYPE DE FOUM-SELJA (METLAOUI-TUNISIE), THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURG
  • Production:: PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.118, MARCH/APRIL, 1982, P.25-26
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