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Moulares

Producer in Tunisia 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280414
MAS/MILS ID 7230300005
Record type Site
Current site name Moulares
Alternate or previous names Moulares/M'Rata

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 8.26844, 34.48253 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tunisia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Tunisia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 8.26844, 34.48253
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 10N
    Thickness 4M
    Area 380HA
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N90E:10N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 380
    Date of Last Modification 830510

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRIMARY ORE MINERAL IS FLUORAPATITE. MINERAL IS FLUORAPATITE
  • NINE PHOSPHATE BEDS ARE IDENTIFIED REGIONALLY IN THE FORMATION. ONE BED IS MINED AT THIS LOCATION. ALLUVIAL SANDS AND CLAYS HAVE VARIABLE THICKNESS (0-20M) LIMESTONE CAPROCK IS VARIABLE THICKNESS (10-40M)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1895
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1905
Milling method Washing

Mining district

District name Gafsa Basin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cie Des Phosphates De Gafsa (Government)
    Interest 100
    Home office Tunisia
    Year 1985

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Description 700000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt
  • Year 1966
    Description 700000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt
  • Year 1967
    Description 700000 Mypy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt
  • Year 1968
    Description 700000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt
  • Year 1969
    Description 700000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt
  • Year 1970
    Description 700000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt
  • Year 1971
    Description 700000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt
  • Year 1972
    Description 1300000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1300000mt
  • Year 1973
    Description 1300000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1300000mt
  • Year 1974
    Description 1300000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1300000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description 1300000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1300000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description 1335000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1335000mt
  • Year 1977
    Description 1600000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1600000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 1686000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1686000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 1620000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1620000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 2230000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 2230000mt

Comments on the production information

  • SECOND PRODUCT RECOVERY DESCRIPTION: ORE/SCREEN/CRUSH/ SCRUB/DESLIME/FILTER/DRY/STOCKPILE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 17
    Percent Recovery 76
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING MAY SLOUGH
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 3909
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 330
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN EMBASSY TUNISIA, INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT, 6/9/80.

  • Deposit

    BOYCE, R.L., THE TUNISIAN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY: TRIP REPORT

  • Deposit

    MARCH 21, 1980

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, FOURTH EDITION, 1980

  • Deposit

    COMPANIE DES PHOSPHATES DE GAFSA, FIVE YEAR PLAN, TABLES FOR

  • Deposit

    YEARS 1978 THROUGH 1984

  • Deposit

    COMPANIE DES PHOSPHATES DE GAFSA OF TUNISIA ..., INDUSTRIAL

  • Deposit

    MINERALS, FEB. 1981.

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, A.B. AND I.A. GIVEN, SME MINING ENGINEERING

  • Deposit

    HANDBOOK, VOL. 1, PP. 12-13 THROUGH 12-31, 11-60 THROUGH

  • Deposit

    11-78, 1973

  • Deposit

    DEVOTO, R.H., AND D.N. STEVENS, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY

  • Deposit

    FROM PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 1, JUNE 1979

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 14TH, LES RESERVES

  • Deposit

    MONDIALES EN PHOSPHATES, 2 VOLUMES, 1926

  • Deposit

    KHAMMOUMA, S., LETTER TO W.F. STOWASSER, JULY 16, 1979

  • Deposit

    SHELDRICK, W.F. AND HARALD STIER, WORLD PHOSPHATE SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BACKGROUND PAPERS, SEPT. 1979. (RESTRICTED CIRCULATION.

  • Deposit

    USE ONLY WITH PERMISSION.)

  • Deposit

    SRI INTERNATIONAL, CHEMICAL ECONOMICS HANDBOOK, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    ROCK, MARCH 1980

  • Deposit

    STOWASSER, W.F., FIELD TRIP REPORT--TUNISIAN PHOSPHATE ROCK

  • Deposit

    MINING INDUSTRY, NOV. 24, 1976

  • Deposit

    STOWASSER, W.F., MEMORANDUM: FIELD TRIP TO PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    PRODUCING MINES IN TUNISIA, DEC. 18, 1979.

  • Deposit

    TUNISIA BANKS ON NEW TECHNOLOGY ... P205 PRODUCTION GOALS

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 1980.

  • Deposit

    TUNISIA ... PLANT TO DOUBLE PHOSPHATE PRODUCTION ...,

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1976.

  • Deposit

    POWER, TIM,"TUNISIA; DEVELOPING DOWNSTREAM INDUSTRIES",

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1986, PP.20-27.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MRDS, MINERAL RESOURCE DATA SYSTEM.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MAS, MINERALS AVAAILABILITY SYSTEM.

  • Deposit

    SAINFELD, PAUL. THE LEAD-ZINC BEARING DEPOSITS OF TUNISIA.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. 1956. PP. 150-177.

  • Deposit

    DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY. OPERATIONAL NAVIGATION CHART

  • Deposit

    1:1,000,000. ONC G-2. EDITION G 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPACITY REPORTED AT 732,000 MT/YR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-97 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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