Mine detail: Nauru Island

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Location: Aiwo, Nauru, Oceania
Lat / long: -0.51504, 166.93195
dep_id: 10024732
mrds_id: ISM0475
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1906
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1983
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • 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
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