Mine detail: Maardu Chemical Combine

Previously called 'Marrdu MineToolse MineKabala MineRakvere AreaBaltic RegionEstonia Phosphate CombineSillamjae Plant'

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Location

Lat / long: 59.3651, 28.16925

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Other material: Dolomite, Glauconite
Discovery year: 1921

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1939

Geology

References

MAS4470000001
DEP10207135
Reference{Deposit:: OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES, U.S.S.R., VOLUMES, III, K, PAGE 2;}{Deposit:: IV, L-N, PAGE 205; V, O-R, PAGE 565; AND VI, S-T, PAGE}{Deposit:: 806, UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES.}{Reserve-Resource:: KRASILNIKOVA,N.A. AND ILYIN, A.V., THE ORDOVICIAN BALTIC}{Reserve-Resource:: PHOSPHORITE BASIN, USSR, PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE}{Reserve-Resource:: WORLD, VOL 2, CAMBRIDGE UNIV. PRESS, 1989, PP. 494-496.}{Reserve-Resource:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE}{Reserve-Resource:: DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED. , 1987, PP. 235-236}{Reserve-Resource:: PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM N0. 185, PAGE 31, MAY-JUNE 1993.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.