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Farasan Al Kabir South 0679

Past Producer in Saudi Arabia with commodity Sodium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086446
MRDS ID WA00030
Record type Site
Current site name Farasan Al Kabir South 0679

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 41.912, 16.72841 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saudi Arabia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Saudi Arabia

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR FARASAN AL KABIR ISLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 41.912, 16.72841
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farasan Al Kabir

Comments on development

  • MIDEAST INDUSTRIES LTD RECOMMENDED THAT SOLUTION MINING AND SOLAR EVAPORATION WOULD BE THE BEST METHOD OF EXPLOITING THIS DEPOSIT. SELTRUST HAVE RECENTLY (1984) BEGUN A GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THIS AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, E.A., BARNES, D.P., JOHNSON, P.R., BOGNAR, B., GARFIELD, L., AND SCHEIBNER, E., 1984, A REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY, MINERALIZATION, AND MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES, DEPUTY MINISTRY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN FILE REPORT RF-OF-05-1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCK-SALT DEPOSITS OCCUR BENEATH DIATOMITIC CLAYS AND MUDSTONES WITH INTERCALATIONS OF ANHYDRITE AND LIMESTONE IN A TECTONIZED EVAPORITIC SEQUENCE THAT IS OVERLAIN BY PLEISTOCENE-RECENT REEF LIMESTONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Jenness, Jane E. U.S. Geological Survey

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