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Be'Er Sheva' Calcite

Producer in Israel with commodity Calcium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023267
MRDS ID I000069
Record type Site
Current site name Be'Er Sheva' Calcite
Alternate or previous names Negev Calcite, Beersheba Calcite, Beer Sheva Calcite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.78476, 31.23239 (WGS84)
Relative position IN THE NEGEV DESERT, EAST OF BE'ER SHEVA'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Israel(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Israel

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF BE'ER SHEVA'.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALCITE IS PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE CALCIUM CARBONATE THAT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA XXII (USP).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Analytical data

Result CALCITE IS 99.78% CACO3.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.78476, 31.23239
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Mp Minerals & Marble Ltd. (Israel)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. P. Minerals And Marble Ltd. (Israel)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 10000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Calcium CaCo3 99.78 wt-pct Calcium Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE A MINIMUM.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: UNITREX TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (COLD SPRING, NEW YORK) HAS A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH MP MINERALS TO DEVELOP MARKETS FOR THE CALCITE. CURRENTLY, UNITREX MARKETS THE ISRAEL CALCITE AS A POWDERED PRODUCT CALLED PURECARB CONTAINING 98.89% CACO3, WITH A BRIGHTNESS OF 95% AND MEAN PARTICLE SIZE OF 2.4 MICRONS. THE DEPOSIT IS VALUED AT $400 MILLION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 274, P. 11

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE WAS FOUND JUST TWO METERS BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE DESERT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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