Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeCHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureNS TRENDING GRABENS, SMALL BASINS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1911
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID60000682
MRDS IDISM0423
Alternate namesGasus, Umm Huweitat, Wassif, Mohammed Rabah
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates26.53268, 33.90138
References
BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONHERMINA, M.H., 1974: REVIEW ON THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF EGYPT. 2ND ARAB CONFERENCE MINERAL RESOURCES, JEDDAH, PHOSPHATE SECTION, P.110-149OMARA, S., 1965: PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGA DISTRICT, EGYPT. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.60, P.214-227EL SAYED AND EL TARABILI, 1969: PALEOGEOGRAPHY, PALEOECOLOGY...PHOSPHATIC SEDIMENTS IN THE QUSEIR SAFAGA AREA/VAR. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.64, P.172-182OCEPEK, D., 1967: AUFBEREITUNGSPROBLEME BEI PHOSPHATERZEN AUS SAFAGA, VAR. ERZMETALL, VOL.XX, NO.4, 1967, P.165-168