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West Thaniyat

Prospect in Saudi Arabia with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206858
MAS/MILS ID 5170000005
Record type Site
Current site name West Thaniyat

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 38.04715, 29.74912 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saudi Arabia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Saudi Arabia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Collophane Unknown
Iron Oxides-Hydrated Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 38.04715, 29.74912
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 03S
    Thickness 1.7M
    Area 5000HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N90E:03S
    Minimum Depth to Top 20
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 20
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5000
    Date of Last Modification 830324

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1965

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Saudi Arabia (Petromin)
    Interest 50
    Home office Saudi Arabia
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Granges (Of Sweden)
    Interest 50
    Home office Sweden
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED HOLDINGS.

Comments on the production information

  • EXACT MILL RECOVERY IS 79.55%

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 225000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 22 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Indicated 123000000mt ore
    Inferred 123000000mt ore
    Total resources 123000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 21 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED MINE RECOVERY IS 80%

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method LONGWALL CAVING 10-108
    Percent Waste Rock 33.3
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics SEMIPLASTIC OR PLASTIC
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. CAN'T SUPPORT FILL OR CAVE
    Number of Shafts 4
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 16667
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.09
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • DESERT CLIMATE ANNUAL RAINFALL LESS THAN 5 CM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 5TH

  • Reserve-Resource

    EDITION, 1987.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, SAUDI ARABIA: WORLD MINING, CATALOG AND DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    #1979.

  • Deposit

    #1980.

  • Deposit

    #1981.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, SAUDI ARABIAN EXPLORATION: MINING MAGAZINE,

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER 1975, P. 743.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH

  • Deposit

    EDITION, 1980.

  • Deposit

    CATHCART, J.B., TEXTURE AND COMPOSITION OF OUTCROPPING

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORITE IN THE TURAYF REGION, NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA

  • Deposit

    : U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 600-C,

  • Deposit

    PP. C4-C12.

  • Deposit

    JACK, J.I., ET AL, CORING SOFT PHOSPHORITE USING AIR FLUSH-

  • Deposit

    ING: WORLD MINING, APRIL 1981, PP. 48-51.

  • Deposit

    MEISSNER, C.R., JR., PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN THE SIRHAN-TURAYF

  • Deposit

    BASIN: IN MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH, 1967-1968, PP.

  • Deposit

    52-52, SAUDI ARABIA, MIN. PETROL. MINER. RESOUR.,

  • Deposit

    JIDDAH, 1969.

  • Deposit

    MEISSNER, C.R., JR., AND ABDULLAH ANKARY, GEOLOGY OF PHOS-

  • Deposit

    PHATE DEPOSITS IN THE SIRHAN-TURAYF BASIN, KINGDOM OF

  • Deposit

    SAUDI ARABIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SAUDI ARABIAN

  • Deposit

    PROJECT INTERAGENCY REPORT, 1970.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL APRIL 1966, VOL 167, NO 4,

  • Deposit

    P 89-98.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL NOVEMBER 1976, P 198.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL AUGUST 1978, P 217.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL APRIL 8, 1977.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL MAY 1977, P 309.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE JANUARY 1979, P 80.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, APRIL 1985, P. 97.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, MAY 1987, P. 50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COVERS APPROXIMATELY 5000 HECTARES. MAXIMUM DEPTH TO MINERALIZED ZONE 100 METERS. ORE ZONE THICKNESS 1M MIN, 2.5M MAX ORE ZONE DIPS O.5 TO 3 DEGREES TOWARD BASIN CENTER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1991 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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