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Dead Sea Works

Producer in Israel with commodities Bromine, Magnesite, Potassium, Salt
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  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 10281074
MAS/MILS ID 5080050004
Record type Site
Current site name Dead Sea Works

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 35.23142, 31.03907 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Israel(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Israel

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Secondary
Magnesite Tertiary
Potassium Primary
Salt Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnallite Unknown
Halite Unknown
Sylvanite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 35.23142, 31.03907
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRINES
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 850103
  • Area 3600HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3600
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Auger Mining - Solution Mining
Year of first production 1931
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Dead Sea Basin

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dead Sea Works Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Israel
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Israel Chemicals Ltd. (Icl); Israel Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Israel
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE DEAD SEA WORKS LTD. IS OWNED BY ISRAEL CHEMICALS LTD. WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE ISREAL GOVERNMENT. OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF THE DEAD SEA WORKS LTD., ARE THE DEAD SEA BROMINE CO. LTD., BROMINE COMPOUNDS, LTD., ASHI CHEMICALS LTD., AND SEA FERT SHIPPING CO. LTD.

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Description 60% K2o 41000 Mt/ Yr Of Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major K2O Potassium Potassium 41000mt 60wt-pct
  • Year 1965
    Description 60% K2o 319799 Mt/ Yr Of Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major K2O Potassium Potassium 319799mt 60wt-pct
  • Year 1970
    Description 60% K2o 605000 Mt/ Yr Of Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major K2O Potassium Potassium 605000mt 60wt-pct
  • Year 1973
    Description 60% K2o 1000000 Mt/ Yr Of Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major K2O Potassium Potassium 1000000mt 60wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description 60% K2o 1200000 Mt/ Yr Of Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major K2O Potassium Potassium 1200000mt 60wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Description 60% K2o 1344000 Mt/ Yr Of Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major K2O Potassium Potassium 1344000mt 60wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ACTUAL RECOVERY OF THE MGCL2 PRODUCT IS ESTIMATED AT 0.035%.
  • DEAD SEA PERICLASE COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION IN 1988 OF EXPANSION FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SPECIALTY MAGNESIA PRODUCTS, AT A COST OF US$10 MILLION. THE NEW FACILITY HAS INSTALLED CAPACITY FOR PRODUCTION OF 5,000 TPA OF A PRODUCT MIX COMPRISING PHARMACEUTICAL AND TECHNICAL GRADES OF MAGNESIUM OXIDE AND HYDROXIDE, WITH A RANGE OF OF ACTIVE MAGNESIUM OXIDE QUALITIES FOR THE PLASTICS AND RUBBER INDUSTRY, AND THE STEEL INDUSTRY. TOTAL PERICLASE CAPACITY IS EXPECTED TO REACH 70,000 TPA AFTER EXPANSION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Indicated 4500000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 45000000000mt ore
    Total resources 45000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Magnesite MgCl2 48.9 wt-pct Magnesium Trace 1982
    Bromine Br2 2.2 wt-pct Bromine Minor 1982
    Sodium NaCl 24.4 wt-pct Sodium 1982
    Potassium K2o 4.4 wt-pct Potassium Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS IS THE ESTIMATED INSITU DEAD SEA RESOURCES USED IN THE PROPERTY ECONOMIC EVALUATION IN 1984. DATA WAS PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR.
  • ACTUAL SALTS TONNAGES WERE STATED AS: KCL-2,000M MT; NACL-11,000M MT; MGBR2-980M MT; AND MGCL2- 22,000M MT. THE RESERVES OF THE DEAD SEA ARE EQUALLY SHARED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND JORDAN. HOWEVER, THE MORE DEAD SEA WORKS OF ISRAEL PRODUCES THE LESS RESERVES ARAB POTASH CORP. OF JORDAN HAS IF IT IS PRODUCING LESS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 200HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Percentage 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Operating Days per Year 258
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SOLUTION MINING 10-89

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES, 1965, "THE DEAD SEA", P41.

  • Reserve-Resource

    "THE DEAD SEA, A STOREHOUSE OF CHEMICALS," M.A. NOVOMEYSKY,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1936., PAGE 4, TABLE I.

  • Deposit

    "ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1981/82", DEAD SEA WORKS LTD.

  • Deposit

    "ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1980/81", DEAD SEA WORKS LTD.

  • Deposit

    "A POTASH EXPANSION IN ISRAEL", CHEMICAL WEEK, OCTOBER 6,

  • Deposit

    1982.

  • Deposit

    "SEA WATER DESALINATION PLANT PROPOSED", COMPRESSED AIR,

  • Deposit

    NOV., 1982.

  • Deposit

    WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES, 3RD EDITION, BRITISH

  • Deposit

    SULFUR INST.

  • Deposit

    "THE EXPANSION PROGRAM AT THE DEAD SEA WORKS," E&MJ, JULY

  • Deposit

    1980.

  • Deposit

    "THE FIRST STAGE OF A $180 MILLION EXPANSION", E&MJ, DEC.

  • Deposit

    1979.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAELI CHEMICALS GO PUBLIC", CHEMICAL WEEK, JAN. 11,

  • Deposit

    1978.

  • Deposit

    "UTILIZATION OF THE DEAD SEA MINERALS," HYDROMETALLURGY,

  • Deposit

    2 (1976) 1-10.

  • Deposit

    "THE DEAD SEA," WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES (1965).

  • Deposit

    "HARVESTING MORE ISRAEL POTASH," E&MJ, OCTOBER 1965.

  • Deposit

    "THE PRODUCTION OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE FROM THE DEAD SEA

  • Deposit

    BY CRYSTALLIZATION," PAPER BY J. KENAT, D.S.W.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS LTD: HIGH PRODUCTION LEVELS BOAST

  • Deposit

    PROFITS," P&K 116.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS: POTASH OUTPUT HITS ALL TIME HIGH," P&K

  • Deposit

    111, JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 1981.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS LTD: 1978/79 POTASH OUTPUT AFFECTED BY

  • Deposit

    STRIKE," P&K 106, MARCH/APRIL 1980.

  • Deposit

    "POTASH BENEFICIATION," P&K 102, JULY/AUGUST, 1979.

  • Deposit

    "PROJECTS IN ISRAEL, ITALY AND SPAIN," P&K 102, JULY/AUG.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAEL," P&K 100, MARCH/APRIL, 1979.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS: PROFITS DOUBLE IN 1977/78," NOV/DEC.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAEL," P&K 92, NOV/DEC., 1977.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS LTD: POTASH PRODUCTION REACHED 946,000

  • Deposit

    TONNES," P&K, 1972.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS LTD: FIRST PAYMENTS OF GOVERNMENT ROYAL-

  • Deposit

    TIES," P&K,1971.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS NOW AMONG WORLD'S LARGEST POTASH PRODUC-

  • Deposit

    ER," P&K 46, MARCH/APRIL, 1979.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS LTD: PRODUCTIVITY DECREASES AS PRICES

  • Deposit

    CONTINUE TO FALL," P&K, 1970.

  • Deposit

    "U.S. CONTRACTORS SUE DEAD SEA WORKS," P&K 42, JULY/AUG.,

  • Deposit

    1969.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS LTD: 1967/68 POTASH SALES DOWN," P&K 40,

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS: 3% RISE IN POTASH PRODUCTION," P&K 34,

  • Deposit

    MARCH/APRIL, 1968.

  • Deposit

    "ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF PALESTINE POTASH CO. IN DOUBT,"

  • Deposit

    P&K 30, JULY/AUG., 1967.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS LTD: RESULTS OF POTASH OPERATIONS IN

  • Deposit

    1965/66," P&K 27, JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 1967.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAEL," P&K 27, JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 1967.

  • Deposit

    "POTASH FROM THE DEAD SEA IN ISRAEL," P&K 24, AUG/SEP.,

  • Deposit

    1966.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAEL," P&K 22, 1966.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAEL," P&K 16, 1965.

  • Deposit

    "POTASH FROM THE DEAD SEA," P&K, 1963.

  • Deposit

    "THE DEAD SEA, A STOREHOUSE OF CHEMICALS," M.A.

  • Deposit

    NOVOMEYSKY, 1936.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAEL," E&MJ, JUNE 1982, P. 207.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAEL," E&MJ, SEPTEMBER, 1981.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAEL POTASH READY," CHEMICAL WEEK, 15.7.81, P.29.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA RAISING POTASH OUTPUT," INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,

  • Deposit

    DEC.,1980.

  • Deposit

    WORLD BANK STAFF WORKING PAPER #293, 1978.

  • Deposit

    "ISRAEL PLANNING NEW RAIL LINK," GREEN MARK., 4.5.81, P.8

  • Deposit

    "TRANSPORT STUDY FOR ISRAELI POTASH," GREEN MARK., 14.9.

  • Deposit

    81, P.8.

  • Deposit

    "DEAD SEA WORKS STRIKE SETTLED," P&K NO. 99, FAN/FEB.1979

  • Deposit

    ISRAEL- ECONOMIC DATA SHEET 1.

  • Deposit

    WORLD BANK, WORLD TABLES, 2ND ED., 1980.

  • Deposit

    IFS, AUGUST, 1981

  • Deposit

    THE ISRAELI ECONOMY, BANK OF ISRAEL, MAY 1982

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS; MAY 1987, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1988; P. 427.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VARITY OF BENEFICATION METHODS ARE USED AT THE DEAD SEA WORKS, INCLUDING FLOTATION, THERMAL DISSOLUTION, AND CRYSTALLIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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