Sinjar

Producer in Iraq with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280080
MAS/MILS ID 5050000015
Record type Site
Current site name Sinjar

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 42.00139, 36.36539 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iraq(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Iraq

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 42.00139, 36.36539

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Quarry
Year of first production 1985
Milling method Thermal Decomposition

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner State Est. For Northern Cement
    Interest 100
    Home office Iraq
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EUROPA PUBLICATIONS LTD. THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

  • Deposit

    1994. 40TH ED. PP. 411-421.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERALS INDUSTRY OF IRAQ. G. A.

  • Deposit

    MORGAN. MINERALS YEARBOOK 1989, VOL. III, PP. 25-28.

  • Deposit

    WORLD CEMENT DIRECTORY1991. CIMEUROPE S.A.R.L. PP. 180-183.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LS CAP: 2.64M TPY. KILN CAP: 2.0M TPY. BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-AUG-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.