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MINERAL RESOURCES AND OCCURRANCES IN AL-JAZIRA AREA | ||
| Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 85-100 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; a Z. Jassim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Al-Jazira Area is located at the northwestern part of Iraq, it is covered by Euphrates, Fatha and Injana formations of Miocene age. Oligocene is represented by Anah Formation that is exposed as narrow strip near Rawa town along Euphrates River. These formations consist of limestone, marl, claystone, gypsum, sandstone and siltstone. Gypcret, sand and gravels of Quaternary sediments are present as thin cover. Limestones of Anah and Euphrates formations are mostly exposed on both sides of Euphrates River with high purity of calcium carbonate and are present with an economic potential for cement, glass, sugar industries, building purposes and road construction. The surface exposures of gypsum of Fat'ha Formation, which cover wide parts of Al-Jazira Area, are partly altered to gypcret; it is of good quality suitable for high grade plaster industry. Although most of the claystones of Fat'ha Formation are of bad quality, but there are some claytones suitable for bricks manufacturing. Sandstones of Injana Formation mostly contain calcareous cementing materials or claystones, secondary gypsum is also present as cementing material in some places; therefore they are not suitable for building purposes. Pleistocene terraces exposed on the banks of the main valleys and near Euphrates River are suitable for building purposes. Salt pans are mostly related to fractures aided the percolation of ground waters, which dissolve the evaporites (gypsum and salt beds) of Fat'ha Formation, leading to karstification and subsidence. Sulphur is one of the mineral showings that has been exploited by the locals in the past, but with no economic importance now days, it is present in the gypsums of Fat'ha Formation near Rawa city. | ||
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