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Esh Shidiyah

Plant in Jordan 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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  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 10255957
MAS/MILS ID 5110000007
Record type Site
Current site name Esh Shidiyah
Alternate or previous names Shidiya, Esh El Shidiya, Eshidiya, Shidiyah, Eshidiyah, Shaidiyah

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 35.93469, 29.93243 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jordan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Jordan

Comments on the location information

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FOR TOWN OF ESHIDIYA, JORDAN; 10 KM WEST OF THE MINE/MIL COMPLEX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 35.93469, 29.93243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 8M
    Depth to top 40M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 950703

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1978
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1988
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Washing

Mining district

District name South Jordan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category State

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Description Ore 564000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 564000mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Ore 1127000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1127000mt
  • Year 1991
    Description Ore 1879000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1879000mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Ore 2442000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 2442000mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Ore 2818000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 2818000mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Measured 300000000mt ore
    Indicated 200000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 500000000mt ore
    Inferred 263000000mt ore
    Total resources 763000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 25.2 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1980
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 24.8 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1980
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 25.04 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Measured 790000000mt ore
    Indicated 133000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 923000000mt ore
    Total resources 923000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 25.4 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 923000000mt ore
    Total resources 923000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 25.4 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADIT UPDATE FOR S-SET PROPERTY EVALUATION, JULY 94. ADIT "YEAR OF INFORMATION" FIELD IS MOST RECENT DATE OF RESOURCES. MOST PUBLICATIONS DATA ARE PRIOR TO 1994.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1570HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Percent Waste Rock 83.3
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 8
    Capacity 5773
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 330
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1570HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Percent Waste Rock 83.3
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 8
    Capacity 11545
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 330
    Operating Shifts per Day 3

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, "SOVIET TEAM TO DEVELOP JORDANIAN

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHOSPHATES-?", JANUARY 12, 1979, PAGE 30.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, G.K., THE INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS OF JORDAN, INDUSTRIAL

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERALS, JANUARY, 1980.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JORDAN MINES PHOSPHATE, MINING MAGAZINE, MAY, 1981,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PAGES 376-389.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, FEBRUARY, 1988, PAGE 10.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASSIUM, "GOING FOR GROWTH", # 166,

  • Reserve-Resource

    MRA/APR, 1990, PAGES 13-15.

  • Deposit

    RUGG, E.S., JORDAN PREPARES FOR MAJOR PHOSPHATE BOOM,

  • Deposit

    E & MJ., VOL. 166, #7, JULY 1965.

  • Deposit

    REEVES, J.J., AND SAADI, T.A.K., FACTORS CONTROLLING THE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITION OF SOME PHOSPHATE BEARING STRATA FROM JORDAN,

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL., VOL. 66, 1971,PAGES 451-465.

  • Deposit

    JORDAN, PRODUCTION FROM THE RUSEIFA MINES...., (WORLD

  • Deposit

    REVIEW), MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-1979.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, "JORDAN PHOSPHATES" JANUARY 1979, P 83.

  • Deposit

    EARTH SCIENCES, INC., URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    FREE WORLD, U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, CONTACT GJBX #110-79,

  • Deposit

    GRAND JUNCTION, 1979, PAGES 60-62.

  • Deposit

    AFCFP QUARTERLY JOURNAL, IS. #4, 2ED YR, DECEMBER, 1980.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP., WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    4TH EDITION, 1980.

  • Deposit

    ABU HASSAN, A., PHOSPHATE ROCK IN JORDAN: ISMA, MIDDLE EAST

  • Deposit

    REGIONAL MEETING ON RRRAW MATERIALS, KUWAIT, FEBRUARY, 17-

  • Deposit

    19, 1981.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, DECEMBER, 1986, PAGES 551-552.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, FEBURARY, 1987, PAGE 75.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASSIUM, # 149, MAY/JUNE, 1987, PAGE 25.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 5, 1987, PAGE 426.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASSIUM, # 163, SEPT/OCT, 1989, PAGE 25.

  • Deposit

    TAQIEDDIN, S., SOME ENVIROMENTAL ASPECTS OF JORDANIAN

  • Deposit

    MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MARCH 1990, PAGES 103-109.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1990, PAGE 248.

  • Deposit

    THE JORDANIAN PHOSPHATE MINING INDUSTRY, RENC.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY FILE WAS DELETED BY ACCIDENT, AND REENTERED, JULY 95. THE ONLY DATA SETS NOT ENTERED WERE QUANTITY RESOURCES & ASSAY MATRIX 9 WHICH WAS THE SAME AS Q-MARTIX 1. ALSO DATA FROM PROPERTY FILE 5110000002 SHIDIYA (SAME PROPERTY) WAS ADDED TO THIS FILE, AND THEN DELETED. ALL DATA SETS FROM DEVELOPMENT TO THE YIELDS ARE FOR DATA FOR THE 1985 PROPERTY EVALUATION UPDATE. THE S-SET DATA PROPERTY EVALUATION UPDATE WAS ENTERED INTO SAM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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