the dalir phosphate horizon is located ~57 km southwest of chalous, mazandaran province. the horizon developed as stratiform within upper shale of soltanieh formation (late neoproterozoic - early cambrian). according to mineralogical data, the major minerals of the phosphate horizon are calcite, fluorapatite, dolomite, quartz, pyrite, muscovite, and illite. microscopic evidence such as existenc...