Past Producer

Ruseifa

Jordan
Phosphorus-PhosphatesUranium
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
SecondaryUranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Collophane, Gypsum, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10255681
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.99901, 36.03472
References
ABU HASSAN, A., PHOSPHATE ROCK IN JORDAN: ISMA EAST REGIONALMEETING ON RAW MATERIALS, KUWAIT, FEBRUARY 17-19, 1981.AFCFP QUARTERLY JOURNAL, ISSUE 4, SECOND YEAR, DECEMBER 1980BRITISH SULPHUR CORP., WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS,4TH EDITION, 1980.EARTH SCIENCES, INC., URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF THEFREE WORLD, U.S. DEPT. ENERGY, CONTRACT GJBX 110-79,GRAND JUNCTION 1979, P. 60-62.JONES, G.K., THE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF JORDAN, INDUSTRIALMINERALS, JANUARY 1980JORDAN MINES PHOSPHATE, MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1981,PP. 376-389.REEVES, J.J., AND SAADI, T.A.K., FACTORS CONTROLLING THEDEPOSITION OF SOME PHOSPHATE BEARING STRATA FROMJORDAN, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 66, 1971, PP. 451-465.RUGG, E.S., JORDAN PREPARES FOR MAJOR PHOSPHATE BOOM,E. & M.J., VOL.166, NO. 7, JULY 1965THE JORDANIAN PHOSPHATE MINING INDUSTRY, RENC.MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 6, 1985, P.120.PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASSIUM, NO. 139, SEPT. 10, 1985, P.20MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 5, 1987, P.120.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1987, P.445STOWASSER, WM. TRIP REPORT BY USBM COMMODITY SPECIALISTTO JORDAN, SEPT. 14-23, 1987WORLD BANK, 1974.MINERALS YEARBOOK, USBM, 1982, P. 550.