Mine detail: Lao Cai

Previously called 'Lao Kay'

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Location

Lat / long: 22.99938, 103.99971

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Other material: Apatite, Mica, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1924

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1940

Geology

References

MRDSI000103
MAS5500000004
DEP10207264
Reference{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1987, P. 362.}{Deposit:: INTERNATINOAL MINING, AUGUST 1988, P. 105.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 8/91, P. 49.}{Reserve-Resource:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE}{Reserve-Resource:: DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED, LONDON, 1987, PP. 206-207.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 15, 1989, P. 216.}
ReporterFantel, Richard J.