Mine detail: Christmas Island Operations

Previously called 'CipcPmci'

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Location: Territory of Christmas Island, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -10.41932, 105.71547
dep_id: 10081081
mrds_id: W032781
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
alteration: Phosphatization
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith, S., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Limestone,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
disc_yr: 1887
References:
  • 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.
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