Mine detail: Schchigry

Previously called 'ShigrovskoeShigry'

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Location: Russia, Europe
Lat / long: 51.83159, 36.90193
dep_id: 10024711
mrds_id: ISM0450
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Hofmann, Ursula
hrock_unit: Cenomanian;Cenomanian;Albian
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel,Limestone,Phosphorite
Structure: Dneprovsk-Donetsk Basin
tectonic: Russian Platform
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1924
References:
  • 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
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