Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeCHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1981
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID60000690
MRDS IDISM0438
Alternate namesRutba
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates33.69886, 40.00139
References
BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONAL-BASSAM, K.S., 1975: THE MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GENESIS OF THE AKASHAT PHOSPHORITE DEPOSIT, WESTERN IRAQ. JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRAK, VOL.IX, P.1-33, BAGDADNATIONAL IRAQI MINERAL CO., 1974: AKASHAT PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT AND ITS INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION IN: 2ND ARAB CONF. FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, PART III, PHOSPHATES SECTION, JEDDAH