Tarag El Hbari

Prospect in Syria with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134333
MAS/MILS ID 5020000003
Record type Site
Current site name Tarag El Hbari
Alternate or previous names Sijri Habbari, Al Haberi, Al Maberi

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 38.83471, 34.16555 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Syria(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Syria

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 38.83471, 34.16555

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.4M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830318

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner General Co. Of Phosphate Mines-Gecopham (Government)
    Interest 100
    Home office Syria

Comments on the production information

  • METHOD OF EXPLORATION "OTHER" = TEST BORING. EXISTENCE OF DEPOSIT HAS BEEN KNOWN AS LONG AGO AS 1933.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 400000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 19 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY HAS INFERRED RESOURCES ESTIMATED. ZWI DELIVERED A REPORT BUT IT WAS NOT COSTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DESERT CLIMATE- HOT, DRY SUMMERS, COLD WINTERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 1980.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGA

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, EGYPT, VOL. 61, 1966, PP. 1142-1161.

  • Deposit

    EARTH SCIENCES, INC., URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATES RESOURCES AND

  • Deposit

    TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROM PHOSPHATES

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD, VOL. 1.

  • Deposit

    THE OXFORD MAP OF SYRIA, GEOPROJECTS P.O. BOX 113.529,

  • Deposit

    BEIRUT, LEBANON.

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES, BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL. 57

  • Deposit

    NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 1963.

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES, BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL. 67

  • Deposit

    NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1970.

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES, BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL. 75

  • Deposit

    NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1978.

  • Deposit

    WORLD BANK, WORLD PHOSPHATE SURVEY BACKGROUND PAPERS,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1979.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DPOSITS, FIFTH ED., LONDON, 1987, PP. 174-75.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF MINERALIZED ZONE IS 1.9 METERS THE AREA BETWEEN AL HABARI AND SIJRI CONTAINS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF PHOSPHATE LAYERS OF THE SOUTHERN DESERT OCCURENCES. IN THE HABARI AREA, INDICATED RESERVES TOTALLING OVER 400 MILLION TONNES OF ORE AVERAGING 19.8% P2O5 HAVE BEEN CALCULATED WITHIN AN AREA OF 180 KM2 (BRIT. SULPH, 87, P. 174-75)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-1992 Bitar U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.