Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Collophane, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1974
Discovery year1933
Identification
Deposit ID10182679
Alternate namesGhadir Al Hamal, Eastern Area, Shartya A&B, Eastern A & B
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.71554, 36.70145
References
U S BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL 75, NO 2,FEBRUARY 1978, P 14ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGADISTRICT, EGYPT, VOL 61, 1966, P 1142-1161EARTH SCIENCES, INC, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATES RESOURCES ANDTECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROMPHOSPHATES RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD,VOL 1THE OXFORD MAP OF SYRIA, GEOPROJECTS P. O. BOX 113.529,BEIRUT, LEBANONUNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL 57,NO 3, SEP 1963UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL 67,NO 2, FEB 1970MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1984, P. 437.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1987, P. 450.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1988, P. 428.BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 1980WORLD BANK, WORLD PHOSPHATE SURVEY BACKGROUND PAPERS,SEP 1979ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGABRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATEDEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., LONDON, 274PP., 1987.