| Deposit ID | 10255681 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 5110000006 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ruseifa |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 36.03472, 31.99901 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 800 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jordan(country)
| Country |
|---|
| Jordan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Collophane | Unknown |
| Gypsum | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | 36.03472, 31.99901 |
|---|
| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 16.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1903 |
| Mining method | Strip-Level |
| Year of first production | 1943 |
| Milling method | Washing |
| Type of mineral rights | Other |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jordon Phosphate Mining Co |
| Home office | Jordan |
| Year | 1985 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 50000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 4308HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 5110000006 |
WORLD BANK, 1974.
MINERALS YEARBOOK, USBM, 1982, P. 550.
ABU HASSAN, A., PHOSPHATE ROCK IN JORDAN: ISMA EAST REGIONAL
MEETING ON RAW MATERIALS, KUWAIT, FEBRUARY 17-19, 1981.
AFCFP QUARTERLY JOURNAL, ISSUE 4, SECOND YEAR, DECEMBER 1980
BRITISH SULPHUR CORP., WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS,
4TH EDITION, 1980.
EARTH SCIENCES, INC., URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF THE
FREE WORLD, U.S. DEPT. ENERGY, CONTRACT GJBX 110-79,
GRAND JUNCTION 1979, P. 60-62.
JONES, G.K., THE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF JORDAN, INDUSTRIAL
MINERALS, JANUARY 1980
JORDAN MINES PHOSPHATE, MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1981,
PP. 376-389.
REEVES, J.J., AND SAADI, T.A.K., FACTORS CONTROLLING THE
DEPOSITION OF SOME PHOSPHATE BEARING STRATA FROM
JORDAN, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 66, 1971, PP. 451-465.
RUGG, E.S., JORDAN PREPARES FOR MAJOR PHOSPHATE BOOM,
E. & M.J., VOL.166, NO. 7, JULY 1965
THE JORDANIAN PHOSPHATE MINING INDUSTRY, RENC.
MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 6, 1985, P.120.
PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASSIUM, NO. 139, SEPT. 10, 1985, P.20
MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 5, 1987, P.120.
MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1987, P.445
STOWASSER, WM. TRIP REPORT BY USBM COMMODITY SPECIALIST
TO JORDAN, SEPT. 14-23, 1987
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT COVERS 4308 HECTARES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 19-APR-95 | Fantel, Richard J. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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