| Lat / long: | 33.69886, 40.00139 |
| Primary: | Phosphorus-Phosphates |
| Discovery year: | 1960 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1981 |
| Structure: | GAARA ANTICLINE |
| MRDS | ISM0438 |
| DEP | 60000690 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: AL-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, BAGDAD}{Deposit:: NATIONAL IRAQI MINERAL CO., 1974: AKASHAT PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT AND ITS INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION IN: 2ND ARAB CONF. FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, PART III, PHOSPHATES SECTION, JEDDAH} |