Shediyah

Prospect in Jordan with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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 60000687
MRDS ID ISM0434
Record type District
Current site name Shediyah
Alternate or previous names Batn-El-Ghul, Qa-El-Jafr, Shadiya, Shidiyah, Esh-Shidiyah

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 35.91809, 29.91583 (WGS84)
Relative position EXTENSION OF MOST PROMISING AREA; RAIL STATION IS 29 DEG. 56'05''N AND 35 DEG. 55'46''E

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jordan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Jordan

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 35.91809, 29.91583

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1976

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner JORDAN PHOSPHATE MINES CO. (JPMC), STATE OWNED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WIESEMANN, G., 1976: THE POTENTIAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN JORDAN. NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, VOL.3, P.56-71, TUEBINGEN

  • Deposit

    SAADI, T.A., SHAABAN, M.R., 1981: URANIUM IN JORDANIAN PHOSPHATES AND ITS DISTRIBUTION IN THE BENEFICATION PROCESS, ARABIAN MINING JOURNAL, VOL.1, NO.3, APRIL 1981, P.70-79

Beyond USGS

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