Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeCHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Deposit sizeN
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1962
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID60000688
MRDS IDISM0435
Alternate namesDababneh, El-Hasa, El-Hassa, Al-Hassa, Khatrana, El-Abiyad, El-Abiuth, Wadi-El-Abiyao, Wadi-Abiuth, El-Abiad
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates30.83237, 35.9847
References
BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONBEERBAUM, B., 1977: ZUR GENESE DER MARIN-SEDIMENTAEREN PHOSPHAT- LAGERSTAETTE VON AL-HASA, GEOL.JB.,SERIE D, NR.24, HANNOVERWIESEMANN, G., 1976: THE POTENTIAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN JORDAN. NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, VOL.3, P.56-71, TUEBINGENANONYM, 1981: JORDAN MINES PHOSPHATE. MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1981, P.376-389, LONDON