Mine detail: Christmas Island Operations

Previously called 'CipcPmci'

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Location

Lat / long:

-10.41932, 105.71547

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Limestone,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:	Phosphatization

References

MRDS	W032781
DEP	10081081
Reference	{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1978}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1980}{Deposit:: WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith, S., Orris, Greta J.