Mine detail: Nauru Island

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -0.51504, 166.93195

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1906
Last production ended: 1983

Geology

Host type:Limestone

References

MRDSISM0475
DEP10024732
Reference{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: BOURROUILH LE JAN, F.G., 1979: PHOSPHATES, SOLS BAUXITIQUES ET KARSTS DOLOMITIQUES DU CENTRE ET SW PACIFIQUE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980, P.114-128}{Production:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., P.199, LONDON; MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, P.103, LONDON BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., P.199, LONDON; MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, P.103, LONDON; WORLD MINING, VOL.2, 1975, P.81, SAN FRANCISCO}
ReporterKrauss, Ulrich H.