Youssoufia

Past Producer in Morocco with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	60000679
MRDS ID	ISM0409
Record type	District
Current site name	Youssoufia
Alternate or previous names	Louis Gentil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-8.49833, 32.18286 (WGS84)
Relative position	SEVERAL OPERATIONS. YOUSSOUFIA FIELD WHICH IS PART OF THE GANNTOUR DEPOSIT, HAS BEEN DIVIDED IN OPERATION UNITS, CALLED RECETTES. RECETTE 3: SURFACE OPERATION, 8 DEG. 27'W-32 DEG. 14'N, CLOSURE IN 1982, DEPLETION OF RESERVES, WHITE PHOSPHATE; RECETTE 4: SURFACE MINING, 8 DEG. 23'W-32 DEG. 11'N, ACTIVE, WHITE PHOSPHATES; RECETTE 5: SURFACE MINING, 8 DEG. 33'W-32 DEG. 11'N, ACTIVE, WHITE PHOSPHATES; RECETTE 6: SURFACE MINING, 8 DEG. 04'W-32 DEG. 12'N, BEING PREPARED FOR PRODUCTION, WHITE & BLACK PHOSPHATES; RECETTE 7: UNDERGROUND MINE, 8 DEG. 29'W-32 DEG. 11'N, ACTIVE, BLACK PHOSPHATES; RECETTE 8: UNDERGROUND MINE, EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, STARTING PRODUCTION IN 1982, BLACK PHOSPHATES. IN SEVERAL OUTCROPS IN YOUSSOUFIA AREA SMALL-SCALE OPERATIONS OF PRIVATE COMPANIES PRODUCE ORES WHICH ARE DELIVERED TO THE OCP BENEFICIATION PLANTS

Geographic coordinates:

-8.49833, 32.18286 (WGS84)

Relative position

SEVERAL OPERATIONS. YOUSSOUFIA FIELD WHICH IS PART OF THE GANNTOUR DEPOSIT, HAS BEEN DIVIDED IN OPERATION UNITS, CALLED RECETTES. RECETTE 3: SURFACE OPERATION, 8 DEG. 27'W-32 DEG. 14'N, CLOSURE IN 1982, DEPLETION OF RESERVES, WHITE PHOSPHATE; RECETTE 4: SURFACE MINING, 8 DEG. 23'W-32 DEG. 11'N, ACTIVE, WHITE PHOSPHATES; RECETTE 5: SURFACE MINING, 8 DEG. 33'W-32 DEG. 11'N, ACTIVE, WHITE PHOSPHATES; RECETTE 6: SURFACE MINING, 8 DEG. 04'W-32 DEG. 12'N, BEING PREPARED FOR PRODUCTION, WHITE & BLACK PHOSPHATES; RECETTE 7: UNDERGROUND MINE, 8 DEG. 29'W-32 DEG. 11'N, ACTIVE, BLACK PHOSPHATES; RECETTE 8: UNDERGROUND MINE, EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, STARTING PRODUCTION IN 1982, BLACK PHOSPHATES. IN SEVERAL OUTCROPS IN YOUSSOUFIA AREA SMALL-SCALE OPERATIONS OF PRIVATE COMPANIES PRODUCE ORES WHICH ARE DELIVERED TO THE OCP BENEFICIATION PLANTS

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)	-8.49833, 32.18286	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Both
Discovery year	1873
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

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. MAROC, NO.262, RABAT

Beyond USGS

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