Ghor Al Safi Arab Potash

Plant in Jordan with commodity Potassium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182789
MAS/MILS ID 5110000003
Record type Site
Current site name Ghor Al Safi Arab Potash
Alternate or previous names Arab Potash Co., Safi, Jordan Potash

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 35.51811, 31.09906 (WGS84)
Elevation -400
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jordan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Jordan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnallite Unknown
Halite Unknown
Sylvanite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 35.51811, 31.09906

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 3600HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRINES
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3600
    Date of Last Modification 941227

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Brine Operation
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Auger Mining - Solution Mining
Year of first production 1982
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crystallization
Milling method Crystallization

Mining district

District name Dead Sea Basin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arab Potash Co. Ltd.(Jardanian Govn'T)
    Interest 51
    Home office Jordan
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arab Mining Co.
    Interest 25
    Home office Jordan
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Other Investors - (See Comments)
    Interest 24
    Year 1982

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1936
    Indicated 2000000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2000000000mt ore
    Total resources 2000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Potassium K2o 0.632 wt-pct Potassium Major 1936

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • JACOBS WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS OPERATION
  • ESTIMATED INSITU RESOURCES USED IN THE 1984 PROPERTY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SOLUTION MINING 10-89
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. OTHER
    Mine Support Chars. OTHER
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings OPEN
    3rd Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 745205
    Capacity Units LITER SOLN/MIN
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEEV, D., AND EMERY, K.O.,"THE DEAD SEA", SCIENCE JOURNAL

  • Deposit

    12 (1966).

  • Deposit

    NADEL, S.,"HARVESTING MORE ISRAEL POTASH", E&MJ, VOL. 166

  • Deposit

    10 (1965).

  • Deposit

    "BASIS FOR ARAB POTASH CO. DESIGN", UNPUBLISHED (1978).

  • Deposit

    ARTICLE IN JORDAN TIMES, 10 (1982).

  • Deposit

    "MARKET REPORT", EUROPEAN CHEMICAL NEWS, 3/1 (1982).

  • Deposit

    "THE MIDDLE EAST DIARY", CAUSTON PUBLISHING, U.K., (1979)

  • Deposit

    KITTREDGE, P.H.,"SOLAR EVAPORATION AND THE PRODUCTION OF

  • Deposit

    POTASH DEAD SEA BRINES", ACS MEETING PAPER PRESENTATION, NEW

  • Deposit

    YORK, 8/26 (1981).

  • Deposit

    "JORDAN", MEED, PAGE 30, 3/19 (1982).

  • Deposit

    FOREIGN POTASH PROPERTIES DEPOSIT EVALUATION FORM, QUEST-

  • Deposit

    IONAIRE RESULTS (1982).

  • Deposit

    "CURRENT PROGRESS REPORT ON JORDAN'S NEW POTASH VENTURE",

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM NO. 111, JAN/FEB (1981).

  • Deposit

    NOVOMOYSKY, M.A.,"THE DEAD SEA, A STOREHOUSE OF CHEM-

  • Deposit

    ICALS", M. INSTITUTE. M.M. FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING PRE-

  • Deposit

    SENTATION, PAGE 4, 3/6 (1936).

  • Deposit

    RUPING, G.,"POTASH DEPOSITS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA", PAPER

  • Deposit

    READ BEFORE THE FERTILIZER SOCIETY OF LONDON, PAGE 33, 10/16

  • Deposit

    (1980).

  • Deposit

    "WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES", THIRD EDITION, PAGE

  • Deposit

    50, BRITISH SULFUR CORPORATION LTD., (1979).

  • Deposit

    EPSTEIN, J.A.,"UTILIZATION OF THE DEAD SEA MINERALS (A

  • Deposit

    REVIEW)", HYDROMETALLURGY, 2, PAGE 1-10, ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHING CO. (1976).

  • Deposit

    "POTASH RECOVERY FROM THE DEAD SEA USING A FLOATING HAR-

  • Deposit

    VESTER", WESTERN MINER, SEPTEMBER (1982).

  • Deposit

    "OPENING OF THE ARAB POTASH COMPANY'S POTASH PROJECT",

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO. 118, PAGE 17, MAR/APR (1982).

  • Reserve-Resource

    "ARAB POTASH COMPANY LTD.- ANNUAL REPORT" (1977).

  • Reserve-Resource

    "FINAL FEASIBILITY REPORT -ARAB POTASH PROJECT- DEC.1977"

  • Reserve-Resource

    JACOBS INTERNATIONAL INC.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RESERVES OF THE DEAD SEA ARE EQUALLY SHARED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND JORDAN. HOWEVER, THE MORE DEAD SEA WORKS OF ISRAEL PRODUCES THE LESS RESERVES ARAB POTASH CORP. OF JOR- DAN HAS IF ITS PRODUCTION DOES NOT EQUAL THAT OF D.S.W. THE DIKED SOLAR EVAPORATION POND AREA OF UP TO 110 SQ.KM. OCCUPIES THE EASTERN PORTION OF WHAT WAS THE SHALLOW SOUTHERN BASIN OF THE DEAD SEA SOUTH OF LISAN PENINSULA AND EAST OF THE TRUCE LINE WITH ISRAEL. DEAD SEA BRINE IS INTO THE SALT PANS OF A.P.C. FOR EVAP- ORATION. THE BRINE IS PUMPED FROM THE SALT PAN TO TWO SMALLER PRECARNALLITE PANS FOR ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION. WHEN THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF THE BRINE IS 1.305, IT IS PUMPED TO ANOTHER SET OF CARNALLITE PANS. THIS MATERIAL IS COLLECTED BY FLOATING DREDGES,CALLED HARVESTERS, EVERY TWO-THREE YEARS SOLAR EVAPORATION POND AREA AVAILABILITY IS THE ULTIMATE LIMITING CAPACITY CONSTRAINT (ASSUMING REFINING CAPACITY ALSO INCREASES). LAT-LONG FOR DEAD SEA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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