Ganntour

Past Producer in Morocco with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000675
MRDS ID ISM0402
Record type District
Current site name Ganntour

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -7.99832, 32.24955 (WGS84)
Relative position GANNTOUR DEPOSIT EXTENDS OVER A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 125 KM IN E-W DIRECTION. MAXIMUM WIDTH OF OUTCROPPING PHOSPHATE ZONE 5 KM. AREA (L10) IS FROM OCP- REPORT AND COMPRISES COVERED PORTION OF DEPOSIT TOO. PORTION OF DEPOSIT THAT HAS BEEN STUDIED IN DETAIL AND THAT CONTAINS THE IDENTIFIED RESERVES COVERS AN AREA OF 605 KM2. GANNTOUR DEPOSIT IS DIVIDED IN SECTIONS; FROM W TO E: YOUSSOUFIA FIELD, EL-OUATA FIELD, BEN-GUERIR FIELD, NZALET-EL-HARARCHA FIELD, TESSAOUT-WEST- AND TESSAOUT-EAST FIELD. MINING OPERATIONS IN YOUSSOUFIA FIELD SINCE 1931 AND IN BEN GUERIR FIELD SINCE 1980

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morocco(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Morocco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -7.99832, 32.24955

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1931

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner OFFICE CHERIFIEN DES PHOSPHATES (OCP), STATE OWNED
  • Type Operator
    Owner OCP
  • Type Operator
    Owner SMALL PRIVATE COMPANIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    BOUJO, A. 1976: CONTRIBUTION A L'ETUDE GEOLOGIQUE DU GISEMENT DE PHOSPHATE CRETACE-EOCENE DES GANNTOUR. NOTES ET MEM. DU SERV. GEOL. DU MAROC. NO.262, RABAT

Beyond USGS

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