Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeCHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureSMALL BASINS AND GRABENS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1911
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID60000683
MRDS IDISM0424
Alternate namesQuseir, Kosseir, Gebel Duwi, Nakheil, Hamadat, Atshan, Shigeili, Zug El Bahar, Tundub, Gihania, Nasser
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates26.1661, 34.16807
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, P.165-168