Mine detail: Kunyang

Previously called 'Jinning'

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Location

Lat / long: 24.74922, 102.54973

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year: 1934

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1966

Geology

Host rock:Lei-Po Suite;Lei-Po Suite;Tienying Formation
Host type:Shale,Dolomite,Phosphorite
Structure:Hsi Nan Depression
Tectonic:Chinese Platform

References

MRDSISM0468
DEP10024726
Reference{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}
ReporterHofmann, Ursula