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Arad

Prospect in Israel with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024694
MRDS ID ISM0428
Record type Site
Current site name Arad
Alternate or previous names Zefa E'Fe, Zefayef

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 35.16809, 31.0824 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Relative position CENTROID, ABOUT 1 KM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Israel(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Israel

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ghareb Formation;Mishash Formation;Menuha Formation
    Rock description Ghareb Formation;Mishash Formation;Menuha Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) 35.16809, 31.0824
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Zefa E'Fe Syncline

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; APATITE (22 %), CALCITE, DOLOMITE, MICA (TOGETHER 65 %); RADIOMETIC DATING GAVE AGES BETWEEN 1.8 AND 2.5 BILLION YEARS. THE APATITE BEARING ZONE IS ABOUT 15 KM LONG AND STRIKES N-S WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 600 M. DEPTH OF ORE BODY AT LEAST 1000 M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Year of first production 1970
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Negev

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Negev Phosphates Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • APATITE ORES AND APATITE CONCENTRATES EXTENSION UNDERWAY TO PRODUCE 5 MILLION TPY ORE AND 0.5 MILLION TPY CONCENTRATE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "TOTAL RESERVES" NOT SPECIFIED
  • RESERVES DOWN TO A DEPTH OF 100 M

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); 1) ORE (NOTHOLT, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.74, 1979) 54.2 % BPL, 24.8 % P2O5, 36.65 % CAO, 5.84 % MGO, 3.61 % K2O; 2) CONCENTRATE AFTER BENEFICIATION TEST 90.69 % BPL, 41.5 % P2O5, 2.61 % F, 0.33 % CO2, 55.35 % CAO, 0.085 % AL2O3. SOURCE: THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE FLOTATION REPORTER'S OPINION CONCERNING MAZIDAGI PHOSPHATE RESOURCES. TOTAL 258 MILLION TONNES, PORTION R2S-R3 ABOUT 200 MILLION TONNES, R2E ABOUT 35 MILLION TONNES, R1M & R1S ABOUT 19 MILLION TONNES, AND R1E ABOUT 4 MILLION TONNES
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950/1968

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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