Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Chalcedony, Chert, Collophane, Kaolinite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1971
Discovery year1933
Identification
Deposit ID10231387
Alternate namesKhneifiss
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.08216, 38.08472
References
BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 1980.ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGADISTRICT, EGYPT, VOL. 61, 1966, PP. 1142-1161.EARTH SCIENCES, INC., URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATES RESOURCES ANDTECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROMPHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD,VOL. 1, 1979.UNITED STATES, BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL.57, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 1963.67, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1970.75, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1978.WORLD BANK, WORLD PHOSPHATE SURVEY BACKGROUND PAPERS,SEPTEMBER 1979.BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATEDEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., LONDON, 1987, PP174-175.