Phosphate

The Middle East is a well-known phosphate region. However, phosphate reserves in Iraq are not as popular as other reserves in the same region. The phosphate deposit in the country is part of the Tethyan Phosphate Belt and are hosted by the Eocene, Paleocene, and Late Cretaceous sedimentary rocks flanking the Ga’ara uplift. Iran has 22 reported phosphate occurrence of phosphate, with all the reserves located in the country’s western region.