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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182435
MAS/MILS ID 5170000007
Record type Site
Current site name West Thaniyat
Alternate or previous names Turayf, Sirhan-Turayf Deposits, Jalamil, Al Amud, Umm Wu'Al

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
Calcite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Collophane Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 38.04715, 29.74912
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 71M
    Area 2000HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N90E:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2000
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Mining method Caving Methods - Longwall Caving
Milling method Sizing

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Directorate General Of Mineral Resources (Dgmr)
    Interest 100
    Home office Saudi Arabia
    Year 1987

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Inferred 1100000000mt ore
    Total resources 1100000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 16 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1969
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Inferred 85000000mt ore
    Total resources 85000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 17.8 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1969
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Demonstrated 3000000000mt ore
    Total resources 3000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 19 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 310000000mt ore
    Total resources 310000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 23 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED RESOURCED ONLY. REPORT DELIVERED BY ZWI BUT NO COSTING. NOT INCLUDED IN EVALUATION.
  • RESERVES ARE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF R-REC 1 + R-REC 2.

Comments on the workings information

  • LACK OF WATER IS MOST CRUCIAL FACTOR FOR DECISION MAKING CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DEPOSIT. DESERT CLIMATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    53, SAUDI ARABIA, MIN. PETROL. MINER. RESOUR., JIDDAH,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 154, MAR/APR 1988, P.25-27.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., LONDON, 1987, P 173.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, AUGUST 1990, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH

  • Deposit

    EDITION, 1980.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHORITE IN THE TURAYF REGION, NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA:

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. C4-C12.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BASIN: IN MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH, 1967-68, PP. 52-

  • Deposit

    53, SUADI ARABIA, MIN. PETROL. MINER. RESOUR., JIDDAH,

  • Deposit

    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

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, AUGUST 1984, P. 113

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1985, P. 474.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 142, MAR/APR 1986, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1988, P. 430.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, AUGUST 1989, P. 100.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 163, SEPT/OCT, 1989, P. 13.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DIPS 0.5 DEGREES - 3 DEGREES TOWARD CENTER OF STRUCTURAL BASIN. RESERVES OCCUR IN A 2000 HECTARE AREA PHOSPHATE MEMBER HAS MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 71 METERS THE THANIYAT PHOSPHORITE MEMBER CAN BE TRACED IN OUTCROP IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE SIRHAN-TURAYF REGION FOR ABOUT 200KM. ABOUT 20KM WEST OF AL JALAMID, THE AGGREGATE THICKNESS OF THE PHOSPHORITE BEDS VARY FROM 2-13M, WITH A GRADE OF 15-32% P2O5. MOST OF THE PHOSPHORITE DEPOSIT WITHIN THE NORTHERN PROSPECT OCCURS AT DEPTHS OF LESS THAN 25M BELOW THE SURFACE, WITH MORE THAN HALF LYING WITHIN 15M OF THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-1994 Bitar U.S. Bureau of Mines

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