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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Underground
- Workings
- Underground
- Discovered
- 1898
Records and references
ANONYMOUS, EGYPT, MINERAL PRODUCTION, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW -1980, P 543ANONYMOUS, INVESTIGATION OF EGYPT'S ABU TARTUR PHOSPHATEDEPOSIT: PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO 109, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER, 1980, P 32-39ANONYMOUS, MAJOR DEPOSITS OF PHOSPHATE FOUND BY OCCIDENTAL,E&MJ, JULY, 1980, P 159BRITISH SULPHUR CORP, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS,4TH EDITION, 1980DE VOTO, R H AND STEVENS, D N, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATERESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND THE FREE WORLD, U S, U SDEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONTRACT, GRAND JUNCTION, GJBX-110(79), 1979, P 375-378INTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT CENTER (IFDC), EVALUA-TION OF ABU TARTUR PHOSPHATE MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURE OFSELECTED PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS, FOR EGYPTIAN GENERALEXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION FOR INDUSTRIAL AND MINING COMPLEXES(IMC) CAIRO, MAY, 1980 - (NOT TO BE RELEASED WITHOUT SPONSORAPPROVAL)SAID, R, EDITOR, THE GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OFABU TARTUR PHOSPHORITE DEPOSIT, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT:EGYPT, GEOL SURV ANN (EGY) VOL 7, 1977, P 130USSR, STATE INSTITUTE OF MINING CHEMISTRY, GORCHIMPROJECT,FEASIBILITY REPORT ON DEVELOPING THE PHOSPHORITE DEPOSITOF ABU TARTUR IN THE A R E, MOSCOW, 1974USSR, STATE DESIGN INSTITUTE FOR MINING CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY,SUPPLEMENT TO THE FEASIBILITY REPORT ON EXPLOITATION OFABU TARTUR PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT IN A R E, MOSCOW, 1975U S BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, WORLD REVIEW 1978-79ZAGHLOUL, Z M, AND MABROUK, B, ON URANIUM IN DAKHLA ANDMAHAMID PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS: JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, U A R,VOL 8, NO 2, 1964, P 79-87HERMINA, M H AND WASSEF A, GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION OF THELARGE PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT IN ABU TARTUR PLATEAU, THELIBYAN (WESTERN) DESERT, EGYPT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OFEGYPT ANNALS, VOL V, 1975, P 87-98. HERMINA, M H AND WASSEF A, EGYPTS ABU TARTUR PHOSPHATEDEPOSITS, MINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1976, P 31-36. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOV 1976, P 26. UAR MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, STUDIES OF SOMEMINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT 1247, 1970, P 94-99EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION FOR THE IRON AND STEEL COMPLEXA.R.E., EXTRACTS OF FEASIBILITY REPORT ON DEVELOPMENTOF ABU TARTUR IN THE A.R.E., AUG 1975, 34 P. INTERNATIONAL MINING, AUG. 1984, P. 21. PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 162, JULY/AUG 1989, P14. MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1990, P. 363. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EGYPT, ANNALS, VOL VII, 1977MINERALS YEARBOOK, USBM, 1981, P. 318. MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 9, 1989, P. 446.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10207398 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 25.43279, 30.03472
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