Plant

Esh Shidiyah

Jordan
Phosphorus-Phosphates
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1988
Discovery year1978
Identification
Deposit ID10255957
Alternate namesShidiya, Esh El Shidiya, Eshidiya, Shidiyah, Eshidiyah, Shaidiyah
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.93243, 35.93469
References
RUGG, E.S., JORDAN PREPARES FOR MAJOR PHOSPHATE BOOM,E & MJ., VOL. 166, #7, JULY 1965.REEVES, J.J., AND SAADI, T.A.K., FACTORS CONTROLLING THEDEPOSITION OF SOME PHOSPHATE BEARING STRATA FROM JORDAN,ECON. GEOL., VOL. 66, 1971,PAGES 451-465.JORDAN, PRODUCTION FROM THE RUSEIFA MINES...., (WORLDREVIEW), MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-1979.MINING MAGAZINE, "JORDAN PHOSPHATES" JANUARY 1979, P 83.EARTH SCIENCES, INC., URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OFFREE WORLD, U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, CONTACT GJBX #110-79,GRAND JUNCTION, 1979, PAGES 60-62.AFCFP QUARTERLY JOURNAL, IS. #4, 2ED YR, DECEMBER, 1980.BRITISH SULPHUR CORP., WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS,4TH EDITION, 1980.ABU HASSAN, A., PHOSPHATE ROCK IN JORDAN: ISMA, MIDDLE EASTREGIONAL MEETING ON RRRAW MATERIALS, KUWAIT, FEBRUARY, 17-19, 1981.MINING MAGAZINE, DECEMBER, 1986, PAGES 551-552.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, FEBURARY, 1987, PAGE 75.PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASSIUM, # 149, MAY/JUNE, 1987, PAGE 25.MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 5, 1987, PAGE 426.PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASSIUM, # 163, SEPT/OCT, 1989, PAGE 25.TAQIEDDIN, S., SOME ENVIROMENTAL ASPECTS OF JORDANIANMINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MARCH 1990, PAGES 103-109.MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1990, PAGE 248.THE JORDANIAN PHOSPHATE MINING INDUSTRY, RENC.MINING JOURNAL, "SOVIET TEAM TO DEVELOP JORDANIANPHOSPHATES-?", JANUARY 12, 1979, PAGE 30.JONES, G.K., THE INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS OF JORDAN, INDUSTRIALMINERALS, JANUARY, 1980.JORDAN MINES PHOSPHATE, MINING MAGAZINE, MAY, 1981,PAGES 376-389.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, FEBRUARY, 1988, PAGE 10.PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASSIUM, "GOING FOR GROWTH", # 166,MRA/APR, 1990, PAGES 13-15.