Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeChemical Sediment, Marine
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockArgillite,Limestone,Phosphorite · Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation;Metlaoui Formation
StructureGafsa Basin
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1907
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10024685
MRDS IDISM0419
Alternate namesRedeyl, Redeyel
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.36591, 8.1184
References
BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONFOURNIE, D., 1979: PHOSPHATES ET PETROLE EN TUNISIE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980SASSI, S., 1979: CONTEXTE PALEOGEOGRAPHIQUE DES DEPOTS PHOSPHATES DE L'EOCENE EN TUNISIE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980CHAABANI, F., 1978: LES PHOSPHORITES DE LA COUPE-TYPE DE FOUM-SELJA (METLAOUI-TUNISIE), THESIS, UNIVERSITY STRASBOURGPHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.118, MARCH/APRIL, 1982, P.25-26