Mine detail: Kunyang Phosphate Mine

Previously called 'Kunyang'

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Location

Lat / long: 24.69922, 102.54973

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year: 1934

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1965

Geology

References

MAS5700570069
DEP10255979
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ReporterBuckingham, David A.