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Daoui Nord

Past Producer in Khouribga, Morocco with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158991
MAS/MILS ID 7140150011
Record type Site
Current site name Daoui Nord
Alternate or previous names Daoui Nord Podsolized

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -6.54831, 32.76621 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Khouribga(province)

Morocco(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Morocco Khouribga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -6.54831, 32.76621
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 00E
    Thickness 4.2M
    Area 60HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00E:00E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 60
    Date of Last Modification 830328

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIP IS SUB-HORIZONTAL
  • MINERAL NAME IS CARBONATE-FLUORAPATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1961
Milling method Washing

Mining district

District name Khourigba

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Office Cherifien Des Phosphates (Ocp) - Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Morocco
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1961
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 500000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 500000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1962
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 700000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1963
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 700000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1964
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 700000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1965
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 700000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1966
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 950000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 950000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1967
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 950000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 950000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 960000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 960000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1969
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 820000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 820000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1970
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 850000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 850000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1971
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 690000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 690000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1972
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 290000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 290000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1973
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 275000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 275000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1974
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 310000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 310000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 90000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 90000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1976
    Description Mill Output 37 Pct P2o5 390000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 390000mt 37wt-pct
  • Year 1977
    Description Mill Output 34.5 Pct P2o5 290000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 290000mt 35wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description Mill Output 34.5 Pct P2o5 100000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 100000mt 35wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Description Mill Output 34.5 Pct P2o5 540000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 540000mt 35wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Description Mill Output 34.5 Pct P2o5 690000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 690000mt 35wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CLOSED IN 1984 DUE TO DEPLETION OF RESERVES. NOT INCLUDED IN MOST RECENT STUDY.
  • M1C1=M9C4. INCLUDES THE ORE PRESENTLY INACCESSIBLE DUE TO URBANIZATION QUANTITY OF ORE PRESENTLY ACCESSIBLE DUE TO URBANIZATION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 60HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Percent Waste Rock 15.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 7.2
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 5000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.32
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 330
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, FURTHER DETAILS OF OCP'S PLANS FOR THE FUTURE:

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 112, 1981, PP. 18-21.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, MOROCCO. PRODUCTION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK..., E. &

  • Deposit

    M. J., JULY 1980.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, OCP UNVEILS ITS PLANS FOR THE 1980S, PT. I & II,

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NOS. 105 & 106, 1980.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, PHOSPHATE IN MOROCCO, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 120,

  • Deposit

    NO. 6, JUNE 1969, PP. 394-398.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOS-

  • Deposit

    ITS, THIRD EDITION, 1971, PP. 101-106.

  • Deposit

    ITS, 1980, PP. 42-48.

  • Deposit

    FETAH, M., NOTES ON MEETING WITH OCP, CASABLANCA, MAY 1981 -

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCES EVALUATION PROGRAM (IUREP),

  • Deposit

    MOROCCO, NO. 14, JUNE 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-1992 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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