Mine detail: Schchigry

Previously called 'ShigrovskoeShigry'

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Location

Lat / long:

51.83159, 36.90193

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year:	1924

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Cenomanian;Cenomanian;Albian
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel,Limestone,Phosphorite
Structure:	Dneprovsk-Donetsk Basin
Tectonic:	Russian Platform

References

MRDS	ISM0450
DEP	10024711
Reference	{Deposit:: THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: DROZHEVA, P.P. & ORLOVA, E.V., 1937: THE CENOMANIAN PHOSPHORITE-BEARING SEDIMENTS OF THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE DEPRESSION OF THE DNIEPR AND THE DONETZ. IN: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL ORES USSR; TRANSACT. SCI INST. FERTILIZERS & INSECTO-FUNGIC. NO.142}
Reporter	Hofmann, Ursula