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Jizan 0677

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. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086447
MRDS ID WA00031
Record type Site
Current site name Jizan 0677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 42.55227, 16.88923 (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 JIZAN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 42.55227, 16.88923
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SALT DIAPIR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Salt Diapir

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: PENETRATES UPPER MIOCENE AND QUATERNARY STRATA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 0

Mining district

District name Jizan

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 30.0 M TONNES (TO 40 M DEPTH) AT 96% NACL

Comments on development

  • INITIAL DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS BY MIDEAST INDUSTRIES, LTD., IN 1966, CONCLUDED THAT THE GRADE OF THE DEPOSIT WAS TOO LOW, AND THAT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING A HARBOUR PRECLUDED DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-PIT MINING OPERATION. SUBSEQUENT RE-EVALUATION BY THE DMMR IN 1976 SUGGESTED AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MINING (SOLUTION FOLLOWED BY SOLAR EVAPORATION), WHICH COULD BE A FEASIBLE METHOD OF EXPLOITING THIS DEPOSIT.

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 Discovery Year: ANCIENT
Deposit IN THE SOUTWESTERN PART OF SAUDI ARABIA, ROCK SALT OCCURS AS A STRATIGRAPHIC MEMBER OF A REGIONAL MIOCENE EVAPORITE SEQUENCE. THIS OCCURRENCE IS IN THE FORM OF A SALT DIAPIR; TECTONIC PRESSURES HAVE RESULTED IN THE SALT MOVING UPWARD, PENETRATING UPPER MIOCENE AND QUATERNARY STRATA; THIS UPWARD MOVEMENT IS PROBABLY STILL IN PROGRESS.

Reporter information

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

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