Mine detail: Kunyang

Previously called 'Jinning'

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Location: Yunnan, China, Asia
Lat / long: 24.74922, 102.54973
dep_id: 10024726
mrds_id: ISM0468
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Hofmann, Ursula
hrock_unit: Lei-Po Suite;Lei-Po Suite;Tienying Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Dolomite,Phosphorite
Structure: Hsi Nan Depression
tectonic: Chinese Platform
Year first produced: 1966
disc_yr: 1934
References:
  • Deposit:: THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON
  • Deposit:: BUSHINSKII, G.T., 1966: OLD PHOSPHORITES OF ASIA AND THEIR GENESIS, MOSKVA, TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN, JERUSALEM, 1969
  • Deposit:: LU YEN-HAO, 1979: CAMBRIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CHINA AND THE BIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL HYPOTHESIS, PEKING
  • Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, VOL.32, NO.3, 1980, P.287-288
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